THE SWIMMING TRUNKS

Directed by Mathilde Bayle

Mathilde Bayle was born in Toulouse in 1979 to a family of musicians. She learnt to play the violin and chamber music and studied literature before moving on to cinema. She got a degree in cinema in Paris and starting making documentaries and short films independently before working in post-production. She set up a group of young filmmakers, called Nanafilms, with director of photography Sarah Blum. In 2008, she joined the Fémis screenwriting workshop, where she wrote a feature film screenplay, Un petit garçon, which is currently being rewritten. In 2011, she made La Chambre du nord, a short fiction film produced by the GREC, then in 2012 Le Maillot de bain (The Swimming Trunks), produced by Les Films du Cygne and selected for its screenplay at the Moulin d’Andé.

French Festivals:
. Festival de Contis – Programme Landes Festival (2013)
. Hendaia Film Festival (2013)
. Festival Chéries-Chéris – program « Boygame » (2013) - Jury Special Award
. Festival Face à Face de Saint-Etienne (2013)
. 33rd International Film Festival of Amiens (2013) 
. Festival Cinébanlieue (2013)
. Festival Combat in Josselin (2013)
. Festival du Grain à démoudre (2013)
. 13 en Courts – 9th Films Femmes Mediterranee Meetings (2014)

International Festivals:
. The Reel it out Queer Film Festival (Usa, 2013)
. Palm Springs International ShortFest (Usa, 2013)
. Sicilia Queer Filmfest (Italy, 2013) - 1rst Award
. Festivals of Nation in Ebensee (Austria, 2013) - Golden Bear
. Lenola Film Festival – International Competition (Italy, 2013)
. FEMINA – International Women’s Film Festival (Brazil, 2013)
. World Film Festival in Montreal (Canada, 2013)
. Jahorina Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013)
. Short Shorts Film Festival México –International Competition (Mexico, 2013) - Special Mention
. 7th Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuania, 2013)
. Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2013 (Latvia, 2013)
. Cortex Festival 2013 (Portugal, 2013) - Best Short Film Jury Prize
. 32nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden, 2013)
. Holebifilmfestival - Holebikort 2013 (Belgium, 2013) - First Award
. 21st Edition of Ozu Film Festival (Italy, 2013)
. 21st Festival MixBrasil de Cultura da Diversidade (Brazil, 2013)
. International Film Festival Bratislava 2013 (Slovakia, 2013)
. 11th Zinegoak, International GLTB Film Festival, Bilbao (Spain, 2014)
. Grand Junction Film Fest (USA, 2014)
. 26th Minimalem Short Film Festival, Trondheim (Norway, 2014)
. Roze Filmdagen – 17th Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Holland, 2014)
. 12th International Film Festival of Ouidah – Quintessence (Benin, 2014)
. 24th Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Australia, 2014)
. 31rst Buff Film Festival (Sweden, 2014)
. 6 th Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival (USA, 2014)
. Cinéfranco, Festival International du Film Francophone (Canada, 2014)
. 22nd Mediterranean Festival of New Film-Makers of Larissa (Greece, 2014)
. 32th International Film Festival of Uruguay (Uruguay, 2014)
. Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival (Belarus, 2014)
. Out Takes 2014 (New Zealand, 2014)
. Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ (Argentina, 2014)
. Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba Int’l Film Festival 2014 (Brazil, 2014)
. 15th International Short TS Film Festival – Maremetraggio Section (Italy, 2014)
. 8th International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo (Greece, 2014)
. 19th Mostra Fire !!-Muestra Internacional de Cine Gay y Lésbico de Barcelona (Spain, 2014)
. Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival (USA, 2014)
. 29th MIX Copenhagen (Denmark, 2014)
. 23rd Vinokino LGBT Film Festival (Finland, 2014) 

Special Program:
. ZE Festival in Nice (France, 2013)
. ZE Festival in Marseille (France, 2013) 
. Theater Jean Eustache in Pessac (France, 2013)
. « Le Jour le plus court 2013 » - Special program Heroïnes in the Theater Elysées Biarritz (France, 2013)
. Special Screening at the French Film Library (France, 2014)

TV Broadcosting:
. Shorts TV International
. CVS

Theaters:
. Cinémathèque Française (2014)
. Theater L’Escurial Paris (2014) 

Special Program:
. ZE Festival in Nice (France, 2013)
. ZE Festival in Marseille (France, 2013)
. Theater Jean Eustache in Pessac (2013)
. « Le Jour le plus court 2013 » - Special program Heroïnes in the Theater Elysées Biarritz (2013)
. Special Screening at the French Film Library (2014)
. « Le Jour le plus court 2014 » - Special program Certains l’aiment autre ! in the Theater Beaujon (2014) 

Synopsis: On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Rémi, 10, is fascinated by Stéphane, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody  knows what he is going through. Especially not handsome Stéphane...

Dramatic Comedy - 20'30'' - HD - Color - 1.85 - 5.1 - France 2013 

Direction & Screenplay:
Mathilde Bayle
Production: Jonathan Hazan, Alexandre Charlet
Cinematographer: Nicolas Mesdom
Set Designer: Pierre Moreau
Sound: Nicolas Joly, Antoine Bailly, François Loubeyre
Editing: Nicolas Sarkissian
Composer: Jérôme Lemonnier


With the supports of the CNC, the Department of Landes, the Procirep and the Angoa-Agicoa.