''Swimmer'' is a 2012 Scottish

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish filmmaker and cinematographer, best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), '' Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), '' You Were Never Really Here'' (2017) ...

. The film won Best Short Film at the

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Cast

Tom Litten as The Swimmer.

Production

The film was one of 4 unique co-commissions in partnership between

BBC Films BBC Film (formerly BBC Films) is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It was founded on 18 June 1990, and has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including ''Truly, Madly, Deeply (film), Truly, ...

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and the

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to celebrate the

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Reception

Director

was nominated for Best Short at the

British Independent Film Awards The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports, and promotes British independent cinema and film-making talent in the United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early Nov ...

(BIFA). Ramsay went on to receive a

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Award for Best Short Film at the

in 2013 for ''Swimmer.''

References

External links

* 2012 drama films 2012 films BAFTA winners (films) Films directed by Lynne Ramsay 2012 short films British drama short films 2012 Cultural Olympiad 2010s British films 2010s English-language films {{2010s-UK-film-stub