Swimming Movies

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his...

University student Nohara has a boy friend Akito. Akito travels aboard with his friends leaving Nohara who doesn’t know how to swim. To...

Beyond the scheduled programme of a school trip, three teenagers find ways to pass the time. Between tenderness, boredom and rejection they all try...

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...

Swimming, Dancing examines audiovisual representations of the Yangtze (1934–present), from silent film to video art to the contemporary vlog....

A poignant insight into the world of sport, where talent, passion and endurance mean everything, but give no guarantee of success.

Raising children has never been a simple task.

A short film about the joys of year-round naked swimming in the mountain lakes of Snowdonia, N.Wales.

Master baker, owner of Duffryn Bakery, Onllwyn, turns his hand to film-making and captures community events in glorious colour.

The small boy Eryk does the household and takes swimming lessons just to please his demanding father. The only way to break out is to be as...

Three women, three men, all very high level athletes, Olympic medalists, world champions in basketball, judo, rugby, fencing, swimming and figure...

When a talented young swimmer who is being bullied by some older boys on his team, he learns the value of sharing his experience with trusted adults...

A portrait of free diver Kathryn Nevatt, former World Champion and current New Zealand record holder in all three disciplines.

A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.

A swim team tries to win a state championship - without a pool to practice in.

Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible...

"A Stab at the Gold" delves into the high-stakes world of Olympic competition, where ambition and desperation lead to morally questionable actions,...

Ahead of the upcoming swimming competition, 11-year-old Ziggy discovers something that's happening to his body. A transformation that makes him want...

The story of an extraordinary woman, marathon swimmer Beth French, attempting the world’s most extreme swimming challenge. Driven to be a role...