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Play with the devil –
Becoming Zeal & Ardor
A documentary by Olivier Joliat and Matthias Willi, 72 min., CH, 2023
Crew
  • Written & directed by:
    Olivier Joliat
    Matthias Willi
  • Produced by:
    Frank Matter
    Madeleine Corbat
    Peter Guyer
  • A co-production by:
    soap factory GmbH
    RecycledTv AG
    and
    Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF
  • Cinematography:
    Matthias Willi
  • Location sound:
    Olivier Joliat
  • Edited by:
    Christian Büttiker
  • Music by:
    Manuel Gagneux
  • Production coordinator:
    Loredana-Nastassja Fernández
  • Development producer:
    Aline Pieth, culturelles GmbH
  • Production assistant RecycledTV:
    Kim Odermatt
  • Commissioning editors SRF:
    Urs Augstburger
    Markus Wicker
    Barbara Seiler
  • Sound design & mix:
    Peter von Siebenthal
    Kathleen Moser
    Anna Bühlmann
    Projektstudio GmbH
  • Color grading:
    Peter Guyer
  • Video post-production:
    doc&post
  • Additional camera:
    Chrigu Blum, Christian Taro, Mike DeMellia
    Manuel Bürkli, Zeal & Ardor
  • Assistant editors:
    Carmen Walker
    Marlen Schmid
  • Titles design:
    Heinz Reber «H1», Büro Destruct
  • Art work & graphic design:
    Noé Herrmann
  • Website
    bytes & bones, Klaus Affolter
  • Translations & subtitles:
    Apostroph Group
    on behalf of Swiss TXT AG – 2022
  • Research social media:
    T-Nice
  • Accountant soap factory GmbH:
    Kraft-Buchhaltungen, Christine Pasquier
  • Original music:
    Written and performed by Zeal & Ardor and Manuel Gagneux,
    published by Bosworth Music GmbH & licensed by MVKA Limited,
    courtesy of Bosworth Music & MVKA
Produced with the financial support of
  • Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL
  • Berner Filmförderung
  • Ernst Göhner Stiftung
  • Kulturfonds SUISSIMAGE
  • Migros-Kulturprozent
  • L'Unique Foundation | Rock'n'Roll with a Cause! (lunique-foundation.org)
  • Burgergemeinde Bern
  • Musikbüro Basel
  • BLKB Stiftung für Bildung und Kultur
  • Scheidegger-Thommen Stiftung
We thank:
Our families

Sharon Harris, Jason Rosen, Juan Michael Porter, Mélissa Cleal, Jukka Altermatt, Chrigu Blum, Christian Frick, Larry Pfister, Christoph Noth, Suzy Cole, Kim Kelly, Frank Godla, Der Dunkle Parabelritter, Gordon Bell, Lucy Koechlin, Tino Bruni, Martin Stohler, Fabienne Haase, Matthias Affolter, Gregor Brändli, Janiv Oron, Silas Gotsch, Gravpel, Luca Piazzalonga, Petrit Deliu, J.J. Löw, Samuel Morris, Fabio Tozzo, Nicolas Büttiker, Cécile Meyer, Tania Stöcklin, Simon Baumann, Nicolas Laube
&
all the fans we interviewed & all venues & festivals who let us in

A special shout out to:
Off Bar (Basel), Sommercasino (Basel), The Red Lion (New York City), Summer Breeze (Dinkelsbühl) & to Walter Hoeijmakers & Roadburn Festival (Tilburg)