A dive into the cold water swimming community at England’s highest beach

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The Wild Water documentary dives into Gaddings Dam’s cold-water swimming community, home to the highest beach in England. The film focuses on how they use the restorative power of clean, cold water and the surrounding wild landscapes to reconnect with their mental health, identity, nature, and the wider community.

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A dive into the cold water swimming community at England’s highest beach

Screenings & Events

Wild Water has been screened all over the UK in over fifty cinemas, taking on a life of its own during 2024:

 

Hebden Bridge Picture House, The Ritz – Belper, The Savoy – Stockport, The Northern Light – Wirksworth, Horse + Bamboo – Rossendale, The Lighthouse – Poole, ARC – Stockton on Tees, Wetherby Cinema, Malvern Theatre, Ilkley Cinema, The Station – Richmond, The Savoy – Penzance, The Royal – St. Ives, The Phoenix – Falmouth, New Central -Torquay, Electric Palace – Hastings, Paradiso Cinema Club – Bovey Tracey, The Rex – Berkhamsted, Southsea Community Cinema, The Whitaker Gallery – Rossendale, Towner – Eastbourne, Millgate Arts Centre – Saddleworth, Keswick Alhambra, Broadway – Letchworth, Storyhouse – Chester, Cultplex – Manchester, Campbeltown Picture House, Highland Cinema – Fort William, Totnes Cinema, The Old Steadings – Isle of Tiree & Isle of Coll,  The Silver Screen – Folkestone, The Light Cinema: Stockport, Addlestone, Banbury, Bradford, Bolton, Cambridge, New Brighton, Red Hill, Sheffield, Sittingbourne, Thetford, Walsall, Wisbech, Scott Cinema – Exmouth, Scott Cinema – Barnstaple, Zeffirellis – Ambleside, The Mowlem – Swanage, Magic Lantern – Tywyn, Crouch End Picture House, Sea Lanes – Brighton, Kinema in the Woods – Woodhall Spa, Hackney Picture House, Cambridge Arts Picture House, FACT – Liverpool Picture House, York Picture House, Chester Picture House, The Curzon – Cleveland, The Dukes – Lancaster, The Phoenix – Leicester, Sheffield Cathedral and Maynard Hotel – Sheffield, Cameo – Edinburgh Picture House, Bonnington Arts Theatre – Arnold, Green Man Festival, Pocklington Arts Centre, Halton Mill – Lancaster, Science & Media Museum – Bradford, Depot Cinema – Lewes, DUKES at Komedia – Brighton …

 

If you are a member of a swimming group and would like to see the film at your local cinema, please get in touch.

08 JULY

7:00 pm

FLICKER & FELT, MYTHOLMROYD

 

INTRODUCED BY DIRECTOR BEN DAVIS

20 AUGUST

7:00 pm

SCIENCE & MEDIA MUSEUM, BRADFORD

INTRODUCTION FROM DIRECTOR BEN DAVIS

THE SAVOY, Heaton Moor, Stockport

Q&A with Director & Producer