Screenings and Awards
WINNER Guirlande d’Honneur Best Documentary - Reportage
WINNER Mass Media Critic Award
"Sports Movies & TV" 25th Milano International FICTS Festival, Italy 2007
WINNER Best Direction
"Krasnogorski" 5th International Festival of Sports Films, Russia 2007
FINALIST Fourdocs Short Documentary Award
Britdoc 06, UK 2006
SELECTED
Boulder International Film Festival, USA 2008
SELECTED
Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival, USA 2007
British Television premiere
MORE4, True Stories, 13th June 2007
UK Press
“Steve Sander’s remarkable Two Swimmers follows Tim Denyer’s attempt to swim the Channel with the help of his coach Mark Rickhuss. It’s a fascinating inspirational portrait of endurance and willpower, while the ending is as shocking as it is unexpected.”
Telegraph on Saturday
“Life-affirming…brought a lump to the throat and put many a mega-budget show to shame…Two Swimmers (the tale of Tim Denyer’s English Channel swim) was cold and shivery, an ominous undercurrent building with each shoulder-aching stroke. But, with impressive understatement, Two Swimmers turned out not to be Tim’s story but a tribute to his coach Mark Rickhuss, who died of a heart attack, aged just 41, minutes after diving in to swim the last few strokes to the French shore with Tim….Two Swimmers dove deep into the choppy waters of human bonding.”
Metro
“Quality television…Two Swimmers is a compelling look at the relationship between swimmer Tim Denyer and his trainer Mark Rickhuss, which manages to be both inspiring and emotionally involving.”
The Observer
“Trainer Mark Rickhuss has been coaching Tim since school and it’s this relationship plus a tragic twist at the end, which makes this film so compelling.”
Radio Times
“An unpretentious, engaging documentary…A quietly devastating genuine human tragedy.”
Daily Telegraph
“Compelling…As Denyer ploughs through inky water and jellyfish, passed ferries and hovercrafts, you may also develop a newfound respect for David Walliams.”
The Guardian
“[Two Swimmers] carries a certain hypnotic power and a sting in the tale more potent than any of the sea-water jellyfish with cameo roles.”
Time Out, London
