Wild Swimming Documentary at the Liverpool FACT Picturehouse Cinema Sun 18th May.

Rave On For The Avon is coming to Liverpool FACT Picturehouse Cinema Sunday 18th May 5pm as part of their Green Screen series. Please book in advance Ticket link here.

Stay after the screening for a Q&A with Director Charlotte Sawyer who lives in Bristol and is so excited to bring her first feature documentary film to her hometown of Liverpool. Hosted by Stephen Murray, Founder & Creative Director, Hopeful Studio, Charlotte will share her highs and lows of creating a film so close to her heart.

Charlotte (right) Directed this film about her local swimming spot with Co-Producer Aggie (left). They founded Eighty Sita Productions together to unite compassion and participation in storytelling.

Fall in love with the River Avon and the people fighting to protect it, the Bristol way!

Swimming in nature is not just a hobby for the people in our film, it’s a way of life for people from all walks of life. The Guardian gave our film four stars; ‘Campaigning never looked so fun and friendly as it does in this joyous documentary about Bristol’s clean water campaigners’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐. This is all set to a Bristol soundtrack including tracks from Maribou State and Elder Island.

Outdoor Swimming Society wrote ‘Rave On for the Avon is a beautiful new film … it explores the importance of rivers in modern life – all set to a Bristol soundtrack.’

For more info about the film and the movement for rivers check out our website.

Rave On For The Avon premiered at Kendal Mountain Festival and has screened in over 60 cinemas, universities and arts venues across England and Wales. Over 1,750 people have seen the film and shared in celebrating people’s love for and connection with nature.

Rave On For The Avon received the Sustainabity Merit Award by Wildscreen Festival and the Feature Documentary Audience Award by WOW Film Festival, Wales’ longest running film festival. The film has been featured by ITV This Morning, Radio Four’s The Today Programme and The Guardian.

You can watch Charlotte's interview about the film with the wonderful Picturehouse Green Screen programmer Felicity Becket below. Picturehouse cinema have programmed the film at their cinemas in London Greenwich, Southampton, Cambridge, Bath, Henley-on-Thames and soon Liverpool and York!