LA LEÇON DE NATATION

The Swimming Lesson

Francia. 2008. Color. 9 min. Animación. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Danny de Vent.
  • Scriptwriter: Danny de Vent.
  • Cinematography: Danny de Vent.
  • Editing: Danny de Vent.
A little boy steps into a new world. The mother of the four-year-old Jonas brings him to his first swimming lesson. Jonas is scared and wants to go home. While trying to escape, he falls into the deep bath and nobody notices him. While floating on his swimming wings he has to try to rescue himself.

Danny de Vent
Danny was born in Belgium in 1970. He studied Electronics, worked as an electronic technician before studying Art Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Interested in Animation, he studied at the Kask in Ghent where he graduated with a Master's degree in Animation in 1999. He was an artist in residence at NIAF, the Netherlands Institute for Animated Film from 2001 to 2004. This is his first short film.