The will to live is the drive behind Camilo’s migration from Colombia to Germany living with hiv. After feeling loneliness and disorientation due to facing bureaucratic discrimination against his body and sexuality, the director and protagonist embrace friendship, nostalgia, and the beauty of everyday life to create a home for himself. In Spanglish dialogues, from a poetic, autobiographical, and collective perspective, this documentary creates an intimate and performative scenario where all life forces float in the same water.

“The Swimmer” explores alternative narratives and amplifies marginalized voices through a hybrid of cinematic and artistic storytelling. It addresses identity, migration, and belonging, fostering intercultural dialogue and emotional resonance. Transitioning into the cinematic industry and after being developed for the exhibition “Lost in Translation” for the Bauhaus Museum, the project has gained international recognition, selected for #LINK at FIDBA - International Film Festival of Buenos Aires, where it won a sound post-production award supported by Yagán Films and received the FDC fund, an automatic Colombian grant. Collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Colombia further bolsters its reach. As a project in advanced development has participated in industry spaces like ENOURAGE Talents Berlin 2025 and awaits completion by 2025/2026.