Zoel Aeschbacher
Director, Screenwriter, Sound Editor, Location Sound Mixer
Born in 1993 in Paris, France, he is of Swiss and Vietnamese origin. Marked by the short films of the Kourtrajmé collective, he began experimenting with a DV camera. In 2017 he completed a Bachelor in Film at the École Cantonale d’Art de
Lausanne (ECAL). His graduation film, BONOBO (2017), premiered in international competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and received the audience award. BONOBO won the Student Academy Award for best student film in 2019. FAIRPLAY (2022) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received the Pardi di Domani Junior Jury Awards.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- Underdog by Zoel Aeschbacher
- 2022
- Fairplay by Zoel Aeschbacher
- 2017
- Bonobo by Zoel Aeschbacher
- 2015
- Mains mortes by Zoel Aeschbacher
- 2012
- Sois brave, on ne meurt qu'une fois by Zoel Aeschbacher
Screenwriter
Location Sound Mixer
- 2015
- Low by Imanol Pittaluga
Location Sound Mixer
- 2015
- Je crie ton nom by Oskar Rosetti
Sound Editor
- 2014
- Discipline by Christophe M. Saber