The swimmer

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)