Frédéric Choffat
Frédéric Choffat (born June 9, 1973) is a French-speaking Swiss director.
Also recorded as Frederic Choffat
Frédéric Choffat
- Born
- 9 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Switzerland Frédéric Choffat (born June 9, 1973) is a French-speaking Swiss director.
- Nationality
- Switzerland · France
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Languages
- French
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Frédéric Choffat (born 9 June 1973) is recorded as a film director.
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Frédéric Choffat was born on 9 June 1973.
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• Born — 9 June 1973 • Birthplace — Switzerland Frédéric Choffat (born June 9, 1973) is a French-speaking Swiss director.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Length — Note • 2011 — Mangrove — 67 min. — fiction, 35mm / DCP, Les Films du Tigre, co-directed by Julie Gilbert. • 2007 — Sages Femmes — 45 min. — documentary – produit par les films Oeil-Sud. • 2006 — La vraie vie est ailleurs (Real Life Is Elsewhere) — 84 min. — film, Rita Production, Oeil-Sud Films, co-written by Julie Gilbert. • 2003 — Genève-Marseille — 39 min. — fiction Dvcam – les films Oeil-Sud, co-written by Julie Gilbert. Premiere: Locarno 2003, Sélection Officielle internationale vidéo, Festival Rotterdam, Marché du Film Cannes, Trieste, Milan, New-York, Lyon, Soleure • 2003 — Ocumicho sauvé par les diables — 26 min. — co-directed with Julie Gilbert– documentary BetaSP – Oeil-Sud Cinéastes du présent, Locarno, Premier prix du festival du Film scientifique d’Oullins/Lyon, Prix spécial du Jury du festival CNRS du chercheur, Nancy, Bilan du film ethnographique, Paris, Muestra Documentales de América Latina, Grenoble, Soleure, Estonie, Mexico. Ventes TV: Canal 4mas, canal 22 (Mexico) • 2000 — Monde Provisoire — 11 min. — short film – 35 mm co-directed with Julie Gilbert – produit par les films Oeil-Sud. Prix TV5, Cinéma tout écran, Genève - Riga - Trieste - Achat TV5 - Danish TV - Locarno • 1998 — A Nedjad — 15 min. — short film – 35 mm – DAVI / Oeil-Sud. Locarno: Léopard de demain, prix SSR Nouveaux talents suisses. Nomination pour le meilleur court–métrage suisse 99, Prix Trieste pour la Paix 99 – Prime d’étude de l’OFC. Compétition: Locarno – Trieste – Poitiers – Grenoble – Sofia – Kraków – Soleure – Lausanne – Stockholm – London..., Distribution en France (7 copies). Achat: ARTE – Télévision Suisse Romande – Télévision Suisse Italienne – Télévision danoise – TV Canada – TV australienne... • 1997 — Beaivi — 5 min. — short film – 16 mm N/B – OEil-Sud – co-directed with Christophe Chammartin et Anette Niia compétition: Visions du Réel documentary film festival, Nyon, Switzerland - Soleure - Nordisk Festival Kiruna - Autrans – Split – Soleure... Achat: Pro Helvetia • 1997 — La dernière Nuit d’Eva Anderson — 9 min. — short film – 16mm – OEil-Sud – co-directed with Christophe Chammartin • 1997 — Luchando Frijoles — 52 min. — co-direction – documentary – Beta SP – DAVI – Festival de Mexico: Prix du meilleur docu d’école & prix de la meilleure réalisation vidéo. Compétition: Locarno – Paris – Lisbonne... Achat: Planète Europe et Planète Afrique – Télévision Suisse Romande – Télévision Suisse Italienne...
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1973
Frédéric Choffat born at Agadir.
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- 1.Premiere: Issues 383-388 2009 "Frédéric Choffat entremêle ces trois histoires, croise ces voyages vers Berlin, Naples ou Marseille "
- 2.Cahiers du cinéma Issues 641-646 2009 "La vraie vie est ailleurs (Frédéric Choffat)"
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