Free Fall
short film (trailer)
2021
Tom is a young trader in a London bank, whose recent performance has put his job on the line. When the first plane hits the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th 2001, Tom jumps into the biggest trade of his life. Inspired by a true story.
With Abraham Lewis (How to talk to girls at parties), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders), Vincent Regan (300), and Bally Gill.
Inspired by the best-selling novel Swimming with Sharks by Joris Luyendijk.
With the support of France Televisions, the CNC, and the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
21 Awards
- Festival Regard 2021 GRAND PRIZE - OSCAR QUALIFYING FOR 2022 (Canada)
- Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market GRAND PRIX (Japan)
- Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 FIRST PRIZE BEST DIRECTOR (USA)
- Alcine 2021 AUDIENCE AWARD EUROPEAN COMPETITION (Spain)
- Festival Internation de Contis 2021 GRAND PRIX (France)
- COLCOA French Film Festival 2021 AUDIENCE AWARD (USA)
- Nòt Film Festival 2021 BEST DIRECTOR (Italy)
- European Film Festival of Lille 2021 AUDIENCE AWARD (France)
- Fenêtres sur Court 2021 AUDIENCE AWARD EUROPEAN COMPETITION (France)
- Les Rimbaud du Cinéma 2021 BEST SHORT FILM (France)
- War on Screen 2021 AUDIENCE AWARD (France)
- Festival Images en Vues 2021 BEST SHORTFILM (France)
- Festival Du Grain à Démoudre 2021 GRAND PRIX BEST SHORTFILM (France)
- Festival RAMDAM Tournai 2022 BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM (Belgium)
- Medina del Campo Film Festival 2022 YOUTH AWARD (Spain)
- European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux 2022 TALENT AQUITAIN (France)
- Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2022 AUDIENCE AWARD (Germany)
- Nefiltravanae Kino 2022 AUDIENCE AWARD (Belarus)
- Nefiltravanae Kino 2022 SPECIAL JURY MENTION (Belarus)
- Festival La Fila de Cortometrajes 2022 BEST SCREENPLAY (Spain)
- Corti da Sogni "Antonio Ricci" International Short Film Festival 2022 EUROPEAN SOGNI (Italy)
10 Nominations
- Prix Unifrance du Court-Métrage 2021 (France)
- Hofer Filmtage 2022 TOP 3 AUDIENCE CHOICE 2021 (Germany)
- Shortcutz Amsterdam 2022 BEST FILM / BEST DIRECTOR / BEST SCREENPLAY / BEST ACTING / BEST EDITING / INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AWARD (Netherlands)
- Beeston Film Festival 2022 A BETTER PLACE (UK)
- Nefiltravanae Kino 2022 BEST FICTION FILM (Belarus)
67 Selections
- Festival REGARD 2021 (Canada)
- Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 (USA)
- Show me Shorts International Film Festival 2021 (New Zealand)
- Hollyshorts 2021 (USA)
- Alcine 2021 (Spain)
- San Jose International Film Festival 2021 (USA)
- Hof International Film Festival 2021 (Germany)
- COLCOA 2021 (USA)
- Sapporo International Film Festival & Market 2021 (Japan)
- European Film Festival of Lille 2021 (France)
- Bengaluru International Film Festival 2021 (India)
- Prix Unifrance du Court-Métrage 2021 (France)
- Festival Regard 2021 (Canada)
- Motovun Film Festival 2021 (Croatia)
- War on Screen 2021 (France)
- Not Film Festival 2021 (Italy)
- Festival International de Contis 2021 (France)
- Festival International du film de Nancy 2021 (France)
- Off Courts Trouville 2021 (France)
- Kaohsiung Film Festival 2021 (Taiwan)
- Montreal Courts d'un Soir 2021 (Canada)
- Fenêtres sur Court Dijon 2021 (France)
- Santa Fe Independant Film Festival 2021 (USA)
- Festival du film court en Armagnac 2021 (France)
- Festival du Grain à démoudre 2021 (France)
- Lake County Film Festival 2021 (USA)
- Les Rimbaud du Cinéma 2021 (France)
- Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2021 (Canada)
- Festival du film français en République Tchèque 2021 (Czech Republic)
- Shortcutz Amsterdam 2021 (The Netherlands)
- Longue vue sur le Court 2021 (Canada)
- Festival International du court-métrage de Troyes 2021 (France)
- Festival Images en Vue 2021 (Canada)
- Festival Un mes corto 2021 (Uruguay)
- Paris Courts Devant 2022 (France)
- Las Cruces International Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Flickerfest 2022 (Australia)
- Tournai Ramdam Festival 2022 (Belgium)
- Mammoth Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Short Film Breaks 2022 (Romania)
- Yountville International Short Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2022 (Germany)
- C'est pas la taille qui compte 2022 (France)
- Festival Courts-Bouillon 2022 (France)
- Nefiltravanae Kino 2022 (Belarus)
- Medina del Campo 2022 (Spain)
- Beeston Film Festival 2022 (UK)
- Festival Européen du court-métrage de Bordeaux 2022 (France)
- Festival Traversées 2022 (France)
- Festival Le Courtivore Rouen 2022 (France)
- Festival La Fila de Cortometrajes Valladolid 2022 (Spain)
- Manhattan Shorts 2022 (USA)
- Mulhouse Tous Courts 2022 (France)
- Corti da Sogni International Short Film Festival 2022 (Italy)
- Lo Spiraglio Film Festival 2022 (Italy)
- New Jersey International Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Cortogenia 2022 (Spain)
- Alicante Film Festival 2022 (Spain)
- Prato Film Festival 2022 (Italy)
- Festival Internacional de Cortos Radio City Valencia 2022 (Spain)
- Festival Faites de l'image Toulouse 2022 (France)
- Lighthouse International Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Bucharest Short Film Festival 2022 (Rumania)
- Fear No Film Festival 2022 (USA)
- Caostica International Short Film and Music Video Festival 2022 (Spain)
- Festival Détours en cinécourt 2022 (France)
- Transilvania Shorts 2022 (Rumania)
TV Sale
France Televisions
Movistar (Spain)
Shot TV (Russia)
Production Company
- Bien ou Bien Productions (France)
Distributors
- Premium Films (International Sales)
- Eroin (Festival Strategy Worldwide)
- Zen Distribution (Festival Strategy Italy)
Crew
Direction
- Emmanuel Tenenbaum
Screenplay
- Guillaume Fournier
Story
- Guillaume Fournier
- Emmanuel Tenenbaum
- Based on the book "Swimming with Sharks: My Journey Into the World of the Bankers" by Joris Luyendijk
Producer
- Zangro
Executive Producer
- Ali Niknam
Cast
- Abraham Lewis
- Vincent Regan
- Packy Lee
- Bally Gill
- Sebastian Armesto
- David Shaw Parker
- Joe Layton
- Gabriel Lo Giudice
- Pete Marier
- Leon Louder
- Aaron Skovell
- Jason McNallt
- Andrew Omalley
- Yan Moussu
- Robin Pailler
- Amre Sawah
Cinematographer
- Antoine Roch
Casting
- Sophie Holland CSA
- Faye Timby
Editing
Jean-Bapiste Guignot
Head set design
Catherine Mañanes
Sound
Thierry Ducos
Original Soundtrack
Mathieu Robineau
Jean-François Côté
Traderrs
- Aaron Skovell
- Jason McNallt
- Andrew Omalley
- Yan Moussu
- Robin Pailler
- Amre Sawah
Voices
- Sebastian Armesto
- Roger Conneff
- Julian Frot
- Daniel Damm-Rossi
Producer
- Laetitia Stoffel
Line Producer
- Rachid Aït-Ali
Production Secretary
- Nour Ben Thaier
Script Supervision
- Pierre Cazeaux
1st AD
- Julien Espiaut
2nd AD
- Anna Lichtenberg
Intern AD
- Amel Boussaeden
Casting Extras
- Sandrine Cayol
1st Camera Assistant
- Sophie Quaglino
2nd Camera Assistant
- Emile Boré
1st sound Assistant
- Luc Mariette
Technical Supervisor Executive Production
- François Azria
Accountant
- Fakhrya Fakhry
Production Secretary
- Laura Halter
Location Manager
- Jérémy Pagès
2nd Location Manager
- Géraldine Vandaele
Assistant 2nd Location Manager
- Anthony Cothard
Interns Location Management
- Quentin Dumez
- Luc Rodrigues
1st assistant set decorator
- Stéphane Girard
Location Manager Designer
- Loïc Cascarino
IT specialist and Screen animations
- Luc Aguilera
Interns Set Design
- Mathilde Perrins
- François Fondeville
Costume Designer
- Pauline Berland
Wardrobe
- Séverine Cales
- Emelyne Barrère
Head make-up artist
- Charlotte Leclerre
Make-up artist
- Awara Gomis
Gaffer
- Michaël Radke
Electrician
- Guillaume Pitel
Extra electrician
- Paul Rebière
Key Grip
- Julien Monneret
Grip
- Louis Lemoine
English Translation
- Felicity Davidson
Set photographer
- Charles-Edouard Woisselin
VFX
- Pierre Stragier
Sound editing and mix
- Thierry Ducos
Footage management
- Lily Post Prod
- Emmanuel Fortin
- Hüssam Korkut
Editing facilities
- Les Pirates Production
TV News
- Jean-Baptiste Guignot
- Guy DAGAN
- Ilia POKRISHCHENKO
- Paul NYAMEKYE
With the support of
- Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image animée
- France Télévisions
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Arnaud Dreistadt
- Ruben Tenenbaum
- Studio Off-Courts