A year and a half with Bristol's wild swimmers as they take on sewage, the council and the water industry to win a cleaner River Avon, with a river wedding, a mermaid and a lot of drum and bass.
“Campaigning never looked so fun and friendly as it does in this joyous documentary”
“bold, beautiful and profoundly moving”
More than 90 screenings in cinemas across the UK, Europe and Latin America (Outdoor Swimmer, Feb 2026).
- Format
- Feature documentary
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Certificate
- 12A
- Role
- Director
Festivals and awards
- Sustainability Merit Award Wildscreen Festival, 2024
- Best Feature, Audience Award Wales One World Film Festival, 2025
- Official Selection, Impact (European premiere) FIPADOC, Biarritz, 2025
- Honourable Mention Big Syn International Film Festival, 2024
- UK premiere Kendal Mountain Festival, 2023
Credits
- Director
- Charlotte Sawyer
- Producer
- Sonia Wargacka
- Producer
- Aggie Nyagari-Salt
- Music
- Elder Island, NGAIO, Maz McNamara
- Sales
- Anandamedia