Vindication Swim dives into inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became thefirst British woman to swim the English Channel. The film depicts Mercedes’ upstream struggle inovercoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920sEngland. 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.

Written and directed by Elliott Hasler.
Cast: Kirsten Callaghan (debut performance), John Locke (Poor Things, The Favourite,Darkest Hour), Victoria Summer (Saving Mr Banks, Transformers), James Wilby(Gosford Park, Maurice) and Douglas Hodge (Joker, The Great).