Swimming Home
Teaser poster
Directed byJustin Anderson
Screenplay byJustin Anderson
Based onSwimming Home
by Deborah Levy
Produced by
  • Emily Morgan
  • Andy Starke
  • Paul Linhares
  • Marcos Tellechea
  • Giorgos Karnavas
Starring
CinematographySimos Sarketzis
Edited byNapoleon Stratogiannakis
Music byCoti K.
Production
companies
  • Anti-Worlds
  • Quiddity Films
  • Lemming Film
  • Heretic
Distributed by
  • Bankside films
  • Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Release date
  • January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28) (IFFR)
Running time
99 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
LanguageEnglish

Swimming Home is an upcoming black comedy–drama film directed by Justin Anderson in his directorial debut. Based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Deborah Levy, the film stars Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis and Ariane Labed.[1] The film revolves around Joe and Isabel, whose marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger is found floating in the pool at their holiday villa. It is described as "a surreal and darkly comic journey into the unresolved traumas that lurk in the shadows of all our lives."[2] The film is a co-production between companies based in the United Kingdom and France.

The film is selected to compete in Tiger Competition at 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it will have its premiere on 28 January 2024.[3]

Cast

Production

The film is an adaptation of Deborah Levy's Man Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name. It was introduced at Cannes film market by the Bankside films. A directorial debut of Justin Anderson, it was funded by Curzon, Cineart and Madman Entertainment's Curzon CM Development Fund.[1]

The film starring Ariane Labed, Christopher Abbott and Mackenzie Davis is produced by Emily Morgan of the United Kingdom's Quiddity Films, Andy Starke of Rook Films, Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea of Brazil's Reagent Media and Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Greece's Heretic and Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis of Lemming Film. It began filming in October 2022 in Greece.[1][4]

Release

The film will have its world premiere at 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam on 28 January 2024.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tutt, Louise (May 13, 2022). "Ariane Labed, Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis to star in 'Swimming Home' for Bankside (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ Leo Barraclough (December 18, 2023). "Rotterdam Unleashes Tiger Competition Lineup With Films About a Naked Stranger, Freud and a Deaf Landscape Photographer". Variety. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Calnan, Ellie (December 18, 2023). "'Swimming Home' to world premiere at Rotterdam 2024 as part of Tiger competition line-up". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Swimming Home, Feature Film| Feature Film Drama United Kingdom". Crew United. December 14, 2023. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  5. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (December 18, 2023). "International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveils 2024 Lineup". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Swimming Home". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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