IMIS member, writer and director, Elliott Hasler’s feature film, Vindication Swim, will be released from 8 March in cinemas.
Based on the inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel, the film depicts Mercedes’ upstream struggle in overcoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. However, after a rival comes forward claiming to have accomplished the same feat, Mercedes is forced into battle to retain her record and her legacy.
Elliott is an exemplar to his family, friends, and IMIS. A young professional at the beginning of his career, he has pulled off an almost impossible feat not dissimilar to that of his film’s subject. Years in the making, with tremendous attention to detail and on a miniscule budget for the production side of the film – Elliott has completed a film that has attracted a UK distribution deal.
All the swimming scenes were filmed in the English Channel without the use of tanks, green screens or body doubles.
You can support this exceptional young member by catching up with his film at a cinema near you.
