Film
The Ice Mile
About
Running time
51 minutes
Country / Nationality
United Kingdom
Our Judges say:
Lovely characterisations and many reveals during the story. Mental health and resilience also star. This film is a real journey along with the 'OMG that looks chilly' bits.Simon Taylor
Immensely and jolly and entertaining film about training for swimming a mile in ice water. Not so much a film as a long conversation with a friend. The great thing about cold water swimming films is that they shine a light on how people can really understand who they are and what they are capable of. Marvellous.Paul Hodgson Music Judge
A bubbly, likeable, messy and candid insight into all that it takes to swim an ice mile. Brilliant!Hannah Maia
What a beautiful film, an intimate story following wild swimmer Becca over the course of a year. True inspiration!Jimmy Hyland
The Ice Mile is swimming a distance of a mile in water of 5 degrees or below. The Ice Mile documents Becca over the course of a year, following her journey and her training, documenting what it takes to consider an Ice Mile. It takes us through the beauty and the harshness of UK landscapes through the exploration of bodies of water, celebrating our natural spaces – from mountain tarns to the ocean that surrounds us. The film aims to highlight the challenge and, even, the suffering that goes into training for an Ice Mile, that goes together with the classic explorations of the beauty of swimming. We visit experienced swimmers, gain trusted advice and knowledge, and also explore the relationship swimming has to solitude and community.
Sustainability Notes:
As a completely unfunded film we had no choice but to do things small, with the whole production itself being mostly one person doing everything. This in itself limited the carbon footprint and impact of the Ice Mile.
The film locations are also kept to the UK, with filming times being incorporated into other jobs and travel that needed to happen with Rachel and Becca. Any other shooters used were mostly local to the locations.
