The ball
by Jean-Baptiste Durand

France // 17′ // HD // Colour // 5.1

Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Romance
Themes: Love, Self-confidence

FINANCING
Pre-buy by ARTE
CNC – Aide avant réalisation
Occitanie Region

SYNOPSIS
Kader, coach of a teenage football team, refuses to see the feelings Estelle has for him. A nightclub trip with his best friend will allow him to see things more clearly.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
FRANCE
– UniFrance Short Film Prize, May 2019
– SunSète Festival, June 2019 – PREMIÈRE FRANÇAISE – SINGULAR MENTION
– Cinemed – “Regards d’Occitanie”, Oct. 2019 – Cat. 1
– Brest European Short Film Festival, Nov. 2019 – Cat. 1
– Short Film Festival in the Land of Gabin, Nov. 2019
– Festival Format Court (Paris, France), Apr. 2020

INTERNATIONAL
– FiatiCorti Film Festival (Treviso)
– San Francisco Independent Film Festival, SF IndieFest (USA) – Feb 2020