THE SWIMMERS
LOS NADADORES
Charlie López • Costa Rica • 2022 • 12 min.
Charlie López
Costa Rica • 2022 • 12 min.
SYNOPSIS
History, work, sex, death and your older brother.
Loosely based on Ed Ruscha’s photography book “Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass”, this short film is an essay about swimming pools; What they mean for the culture and the collective memories and ideas we have of them, from class to leisure to tragedy.
TRAILER
AWARDS
Honorable Mention | National Short Films Competition
Costa Rica International Film Festival. Costa Rica (2022)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
FICUNAM International Cinema Festival. Mexico (2022)
PRESS
DE FILM KRANT • by Kess Driessen • Dutch Only
CREW
DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
Charlie López
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Sebastián Garro
Charlie López
PRODUCTION DIRECTION
Esteban Torres
PRODUCTION DESIGN
David Segura
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sebastián Garro
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT
Steve Ortiz
SOUND DESIGNER
Camila Azofra
EDITING
Charlie López
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Eduardo Solórzano
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Mariana Garita
Javier Guerrero
POST-PRODUCTION
Charlie López
FESTIVALS & WORLD SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)