Martin Champion
a film by Timothée Zurbuchen

Martin Champion

A film by Timothée Zurbuchen

  • 2015
  • Switzerland
  • 13 minutes
  • VO français – DE, FR, EN subtitles

At the age of thirteen, Martin is the main goalkeeper of the FC Cugy junior team. His father trains him everyday and his grandfather films each of his games on his DV camera, despite his nascent Parkinson’s disease. Let’s just say that in the Gaillard family, football is a very important tradition that has been passed down from one generation to the next.

However, Martin is no longer interested in catching balls all day long. He would like to do something else, but no one in his family seems to be listening to him. It is therefore today, the day of the final, that Martin will have to find a way to make himself heard.

 

Martin Champion

A film by Timothée Zurbuchen

  • 2015
  • Switzerland
  • 13 minutes
  • VO français – DE, FR, EN subtitles

At the age of thirteen, Martin is the main goalkeeper of the FC Cugy junior team. His father trains him everyday and his grandfather films each of his games on his DV camera, despite his nascent Parkinson’s disease. Let’s just say that in the Gaillard family, football is a very important tradition that has been passed down from one generation to the next.

However, Martin is no longer interested in catching balls all day long. He would like to do something else, but no one in his family seems to be listening to him. It is therefore today, the day of the final, that Martin will have to find a way to make himself heard.

Cast & crew

With
Paulin Jaccoud
Roland Vouilloz
Patrick Lapp
Lisa Chapuisat
Fiamma Camesi

Written and directed by
Timothée Zurbuchen

Director of photography
Léo Lefèvre

Editing
Audrey Baudouin

1st Assistant director
Léna Perdu

Script supervisor
Elise Krakowski

Sound
Guilhem Donzel
Louis Storme

Sound editing
Joséphine Pittet
Patrick Muroni

Sound mixing
Antoine Bertucci

Sets & props
Céline Masson

Costumes
Anna Van Brée

Makeup
Fabio Camponovo

Production
Box Productions
ECAL Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne

In coproduction with
RTS

Director’s bio

Timothée Zurbuchen was born in Lausanne in 1992. He enters the film department of the ECAL School in 2011, where he obtains his Bachelor diploma in 2015. Martin Champion is his graduation film.