Das Spiel

A whistle. It gets loud in the spectator stands. The players protest angrily. The commentators follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide. With the referee Fedayi San we experience the highs and lows of a football game, what it means to earn respect on the field and to direct the energy of an entire stadium.

International Title
Director
Cinematographer
2nd Unit Cinematographer

Production
Type

Year
Length
Languange

The Game
Roman Hodel
Lukas Gut
Ramón Königshausen
Ensemble Film
Documentary Short
2020
10min
Swiss German, German, Turkish, English, Italian

Festivals & Awards (Selection)

28th Hamptons International Film Festival 2020
Best Documentary Short

Zurich Film Award (Switzerland) 2020
Best Short Film

Swiss Film Award (Switzerland) 2021
Nomination Best Short Film

29th Camerimage 2021
Nomination Best Cinematography Documentary Short

77th Venice International Film Festival 2020
Orizzonti Corti

45th Toronto International Film Festival 2020
Short Cuts

27th Palm Springs Short Fest 2021
Official Selection

74th Locarno Film Festival 2021
Panorama Switzerland

33rd International Documentary Film Festival 2020
Best of Fest