Join us for a Summer Solstice Weekend-long event celebrating Sinema and the Sea!
Weekend programme includes wellness events, meals and more, with films timed to allow sea swimming around the high tides.
Each of the five film sessions can be booked individually…or book all 5!
Friday 19th June
14.00 to 16.00 - Swimming (15:00 high tide)
18.00 - Reception at Village Hall, bar open, dinner (see below) and sea swim safety briefing from Stuart Wallace (RNLI, Beaumaris).
18:00 - Dinner! Cheese and Onion filled jacket potatoes, mixed bean vegetable chilli, salad, apple strudel with cream or ice cream. £18, advance booking essential.
Cheese and onion filled jacket potatoes, mixed bean vegetable chilli, salad, apple strudel with cream or ice cream. As part of the Solstice Sea Swim Film Festival Programme
19.30 - FILMS
Chasing the Sublime (7 min)
A mesmeric glimpse at the physicality of long-distance cold-water swimming by award winning director Amanda Bluglass Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too cold and too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure?
The Invincibles (3 min)
Filmed in Myrtleville beach, Co.Cork, the inspiring The Invincibles features three open water swimmers (Tom Bermingham, Mairead Ni Mhaoileóin and Tom McCarthy) who are dedicated to the water all year round – hail, sleet or shine.
The Young Woman and the Sea 2024 (2 hr 8 min)
The extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel
The Young Woman and the Sea 2024 (2 hr 8 min)
The extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel
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Chasing the Sublime (7 min)
The Invincibles (3 min)
Saturday 20th June
12:00 - Hall open with bar, teas and coffees
13.00 - FILMS
Liminal (9 min)
Explores the transformative power of wild swimming for mental health, where the in-between spaces become places of healing.
Beyond the Blue (11 min)
Explores the origins of the Swim Dem Crew and the relationship between co-founders Peigh Asante and Nathaniel Cole, both within and beyond the water. The short film not only documents the love they both share for the water but also raises awareness of the importance of mental health and the relationship it shares with sport.
Don’t be Prey 2026. (1 hr 31 min)
After a life-changing event leaves him struggling with uncertainty, Australian swimmer Mark Sowerby turns anguish into purpose. Across five continents and seven of the world's most brutal channels, he takes on the Oceans Seven, an ordeal as unforgiving as Everest, but in open water. No cage. No wetsuit. No escape.
15.00 to 17.00 - Opportunity to swim (15:50 high tide)
18.00 - Social hour, dinner (see below), bar open
18:00 - Dinner! Quiche selection, herb new potatoes, mixed salads, oat fruit crumble with cream or ice cream. £18, advance booking essential.
Quiche selections, herb new potatoes, mixed salads, oat fruit crumble with cream or ice cream. As part of the Solstice Sea Swim Film Festival Programme
19.30 - FILMS
BlueHue (15 min)
About the joys of year round naked swimming in the mountain lakes of Snowdonia, N.Wales. Filmed, produced and swam by Natasha Brooks. Winner of the British Mountaineering Council ‘Women In Adventure’ film competition and LLAMF ‘Spririt of Adventure’ Award.
Plunge (8 min)
Plunge tells the story of Katie who found empowerment, friendship, and healing by plunging into frigid waters of the sea. Through Katie’s story this beautiful, animated film addresses themes of isolation and connection, mental health and wellbeing, and climate change and empowerment.
Big White Thighs and Me (25 min)
An award-winning wild swimming film released in 2017. My Big White Thighs & Me encourages us all to turn down the volume on the demands of the world and to celebrate the quiet heroism of a female life and its body. A story about womanhood, miscarriage, healing, loving your own skin & freezing your bum off in cold water.
Smoke Sister Sauna 2023 (1 hr 29)
Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints’ Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Don’t be Prey 2026. (1 hr 31 min)
After a life-changing event leaves him struggling with uncertainty, Australian swimmer Mark Sowerby turns anguish into purpose. Across five continents and seven of the world's most brutal channels, he takes on the Oceans Seven, an ordeal as unforgiving as Everest, but in open water. No cage. No wetsuit. No escape.
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Liminal (9 min)
Beyond the Blue (11 min)
Smoke Sister Sauna 2023 (1 hr 29)
Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints’ Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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BlueHue (15 min)
Plunge (8 min)
Big White Thighs and Me (25 min)
Sunday 21st June
04.09 - High tide
04.30 - Solstice Swim opportunity
04.46 - Sunrise
09.24 - The Summer Solstice!
10.00 - 11.30 Summer Solstice Release & Restore with Toeni and Stacey. Movement. Breath. Sound.
Guided somatic movement & breathwork, sacred sound with gongs and singing bowls, a gentle celebratory reset for the season ahead.
£10 at Llangoed Village Hall, limit of 20
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14.00 - FILMS
Under the Surface (23 min)
Under the Surface is a documentary film that explores acceptance after injury, men’s mental health, and what it means to be vulnerable as a man in the outdoor endurance swimming world
Black Stroke (12 min)
According to the latest figures from Sport England, 87% of Black adults in the UK do not swim. We follow the stories of three people from different walks of life breaking racial stereotypes to learn to swim for the first time.
Swimming with Men 2018 (1 hr 37 min)
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Based on the true story of the 2007 Swedish Men’s Synchronized Swimming Team. Comedy with Rob Brydon.
16.45 - High tide
15.45 – 17.45 - Opportunity to swim
18.00 - Hall open with bar
19.00 - FILMS
Jaws 50th Anniversary edition (2 hr 4 min)
Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” is a sensationally effective action picture, a scary thriller that works all the better because it’s populated with characters developed into human beings we get to know and care about. But don’t let it put you off going in the water!
Swimming with Men 2018 (1 hr 37 min)
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Based on the true story of the 2007 Swedish Men’s Synchronized Swimming Team. Comedy with Rob Brydon.
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Under the Surface (23 min)
Black Stroke (12 min)
Jaws 40th Anniversary edition (2 hr 4 min)
Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” is a sensationally effective action picture, a scary thriller that works all the better because it’s populated with characters that have been developed into human beings we get to know and care about. But don’t let it put you off going in the water!
Join us for a Summer Solstice Weekend-long event celebrating Sinema and the Sea!
Weekend programme includes wellness events, meals and more, with films timed to allow sea swimming around the high tides.
Each of the five film sessions can be booked individually…or book all 5!
All FIVE Film Sessions - Friday evening, Saturday afternoon & evening, Sunday afternoon & evening.
Although this film festival is about swimming, the sea swimming activities are not an organised part of the festival. There are many opportunities to swim on the beautiful island of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) and local swim groups will be able to advise. However, all sea swimming is undertaken at your own risk and you should consider your swimming skills, the weather and tide before deciding if it is safe to swim.