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Loosely based on Ed Ruscha’s photobook Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, this playful short film reflects on the different perceptions and uses of swimming pools. From class dilemmas to work, leisure, sex, and tragedy, the filmmaker explores what swimming pools mean for our culture and our collective memories.
Loosely based on Ed Ruscha’s photobook Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, this playful short film reflects on the different perceptions and uses of swimming pools. From class dilemmas to work, leisure, sex, and tragedy, the filmmaker explores what swimming pools mean for our culture and our collective memories.
Other festivals:
Costa Rica International Film Festival, Costa Rica (2022)
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (2022)
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival, Mexico (2022)
Costa Rica International Film Festival, Costa Rica (2022)
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (2022)
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival, Mexico (2022)
| Director | Charlie López |
| Director of Photography | Sebastián Javier Garro |
| Artistic Direction | David Segura |
| Editing | Charlie López |
| Sound mixing | Camila Azofra |
| Music | Eduardo Solórzano |
In Partnership with
Session
• Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Saturday, march 25, 2023, 08:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.
Image tirée du film The Swimmers // Image from the film The Swimmers
Image tirée du film The Swimmers // Image from the film The Swimmers
Image tirée du film The Swimmers // Image from the film The Swimmers
Image tirée du film The Swimmers // Image from the film The Swimmers
Production
Charlie López
Charlie López (San José, 1999) is a twenty-three-year-old Costarican filmmaker and editor. He’s currently graduating from the Véritas Film School in San José, Costa Rica. “The Swimmers”, a short essay film that adapts artist Ed Ruscha’s photographs of swimming pools, is his first project outside of film school.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
In the same session
Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Saturday, march 25, 2023, 08:00 p.m.
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