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LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER: SARA MARDINI
Sara Mardini, once a competitive swimmer in Syria, became Europe’s most celebrated refugee after saving 18 people’s lives. After working as a rescue volunteer in the Mediterranean, she is accused of people smuggling and faces a 25-year prison sentence. We follow her fight for justice and journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of Europe’s refugee ‘crisis’.
THE FILMMAKER
Charly Wai Feldman is a writer, producer and documentary filmmaker based in London UK. She has a background producing current affairs films, many with international distribution. Her work includes The Talwars - a four-part HBO series, and This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, which premiered at IDFA and won the Amnesty International Award in 2016. More recently, Charly produced the climate change musical road trip documentary the Great Green Wall, and created a series called Inside the Cryptokingdom exploring the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini is her first feature documentary, shot over nearly four years following former Syrian swimmer and activist Sara Mardini after she is accused of human smuggling, money laundering and espionage. Charly is the recipient of the 2020 Malik Bendjelloul Memorial Fund, has served as a jury member for Royal Television Society and is a member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada
Sheffield DocFest International Documentary Festival, UK
Galway Film Fleadh International Film Festival
BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Turkey
Raindance Film Festival, UK
Films for Future Festival, Switzerland
On the Move Festival, Germany
ReFrame Film Festival, Canada
World Community Film Festival, Canada
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium
Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea
LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER: SARA MARDINI
Catalog # EPF16064 ● ISBN: 978-1-963201-04-8 ● UPC: 6-82086-16064-1 ● NTSC
89 Minutes ● Copyright 2023 ● English, Arabic, Greek, German, English Subtitles
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