The swimmer
Pablo Barce
A boy throws himself into the sea without looking back. Each breath is a memory; every stroke, some more hope.
Pablo Barce (1987, Malaga). Editor and director, with a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the UMA and a diploma in Assembly from the ECAM. Editor of numerous short films, among them: “Manías” (Santiago Capuz, 2015), or “Cabezas habladoras” (Juan Vicente Córdoba, 2016), winner of a Goya Award. He has also mounted the feature-length documentary “Ruibal por libre” by César Martínez Herrada in 2017. His first short film as a director is “El nadador”, which has already won several awards at the 20th Community Short Film Week of the Community of Madrid.
– Nominee for Best Fiction Short Film. Goya Awards 2020 (Spain)
– Best Short Film. Forqué Awards 2020 (Spain)
– Laarbi Yacoubi Gran Prix. Cap Spartel Film Festival (Morocco)
– Best Production. Festival de Cortos de Boadilla del Monte (Spain)
– Best Short Film. Madrid PNR (Spain)
– Best Actor. Festival Ibérico de Cine de Badajoz – FIC (Spain)
– 24 Symbols Award. Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
– Madrid en cort Award 201. Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
– Best Costume. Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
– Best Photography Welab Award. Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
- Original title El nadador
- Director Pablo Barce
- Duration 18
- Production year 2018
- Category Short Film
- Subcategory Fiction
- Genre Drama
- Nationality Spain
- Producer Dexiderius Producciones, S.L., Malas Compañías PC SL
- Dialogue language Arab
- Subtitle language Spanish, English
- Intérpretes Ghita Taha, Taha El Mahroug El Mnaouer, Nezar Moussa Yakhlef, Amin Moutatouii El Quars, Mario Zorrilla, Morad El Jaouhari