A team of neighborhood swim coaches tries to win the final swim meet of the season, after having lost all of the rest.

Pierre is invited to go on a weekend trip to an old country house belonging to best friend Marc. The property is overrun by Marc’s frighteningly...

The dissolution of a family in 10 minutes.

Story of Annette Kellerman, the international swimming vaudeville and silent screen star whose life story inspired the MGM classic Million Dollar...

The woman. The French countryside. The golden light of late summer. Dry grass and dusty fruit trees and the fuming exhale of afternoon heat. A...

Dani is 14 and does not want to miss another summer without conquering Monica, the most spectacular girl of the club.

The race against time ... Water, blooming life/suffocating death. Fighting back to life despite an irreversible loss is the greatest victory over...

Thirteen years old and on the edge of adulthood, a boy on a diving board faces the unknown.

Two distant friends in a state of malaise. One unknown frequency permeating from a walkie talkie that connects them. It's the Fourth of July. The...

A portrait of a dilapidated Olympic-sized pool in Accra, Ghana.

This short subject shows Lissa Bengston teaching a group of three- and four-year-olds how to swim in a pool. Miss Bengston, a member of the Royal...

One summer morning, a man decides to go swimming in a pool to clear his mind. The pool is a space that gives him a chance to think and tranquilize ,...

In this Sportscope short, children from preschool age through age 14 are shown diving from various heights into a swimming pool. Lissa Bengston, of...

Pool Blue is an attempt which tells, without dialogue nor rationality, a connection fantasized between two men. It is the fantastical projection...

When Sam begins to have panic attacks surrounding his work and productivity, he turns to his therapist for help. During their discussion, he...

By the pool, Toby faces the fear of talking to the beautiful Tina.

Swimming Pool Stories is a visual presentation of the swimming pools around Iceland, the culture associated with them and the guests who use the...

History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about...