Freedom Swimmer

The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom.

Director Biography

Olivia Martin-McGuire is an Australian documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Hong Kong. Her artistic focus and voice resonated with the release of the documentary film Freedom Swim and a feature film documentary, ChinaLove, for ABC Arts, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and internationally at DOCNYC.

Director

Olivia Martin-McGuire

Country

United Kingdom, Australia

Language

Chinese

Subtitles

English

Year

2021

Duration

15 min.

Policing

Friday, 15 September 16:30 - 17:45 / Kijkhuis 1
75 min.

Also in this session

1. Freedom Swimmer
Olivia Martin-McGuire, 15 min.
2. Efecto Dominó
Gabriel Gauchet, 28 min.
3. Step Into the River
Weijia Ma, 15 min.
4. 4AM
Mehdi Fikri, 11 min.
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