Film
Chilly Dipper
About
Director
Hannah Maia
Producer
Hannah Maia
Running time
28 minutes
Country / Nationality
United Kingdom
Our Judges say:
There are many films trying to capture life in the COVID lockdowns. For me Hannah Maia's film is the best I've seen at capturing the mood and the weird things that changed in people's lives; both intentional and unintentional. A funny, classic, quirky, candid and uniquely Hannah Maia film.Simon Taylor
Another fine adventure movie from Hannah Maia. All wild swimmers are mad, just look at the sledge hammers.Paul Hodgson Music Judge
When Britain goes into lockdown at the start of the pandemic, Hannah picks up her camera and begins to film family life with young children. At first it feels like they are living a whole heap of delightful low key Sundays in a row, but just like zoom calls even a delightful never-ending succession of low key Sundays can start to lose their shine. Throw covid health anxiety, pregnancy during lockdown and postnatal rage into the mix and life becomes a struggle. That is until a red envelope lands on Hannah’s doorstep which forges a new and special friendship with a wonderfully bonkers lady in America. The friendship helps Hannah to refocus attention on cold water swimming adventures and ice baths in the garden. Filmed and directed by Hannah Maia, who also stars in this heartwarming tale of family life, cold water, postnatal rage and friendship during the covid-19 pandemic.
