Green Screen: Vindication Swim + Panel
Vindication Swim dives into the extraordinary life of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. Catch it at Cameo Cinema Picturehouse on 24th October!
About Green Screen: Vindication Swim + Panel
Pioneering Swimmer Mercedes Gleitze returns to Edinburgh on 95th Anniversary with Screening of Hit Film, hosted by Olympic Silver Medalist Dan Wallace
Vindication Swim stands as an example of how cinematic storytelling can be intertwined with environmental awareness, providing audiences with both sustainable entertainment and insight.
Writer/director Elliott Hasler commented, “Given how much of the film takes place in the sea, we really felt it was our duty to protect that environment as much as we could during the filming. The Channel in particular has taken a battering over recent years from pollution, over fishing and the destruction of kelp forests. With this film we wanted to celebrate the sea and really emphasise Mercedes’ love affair with the water, so for us to do that in a way that was actually damaging the sea would be entirely hypocritical and go against everything Mercedes and the film stand for.”
Following the screening the film’s writer and director Elliott Hasler will join Olympian Dan Wallace, who recently completed an English Channel swim, for a panel discussion.
Tickets for the screening are now available at Cameo Picturehouse.
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