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Berlin: Sasha Nathwani On His Competition Title ‘Last Swim,’ Transitioning From Directing A-List Commercials To Narrative Features & The Struggles Of Indie UK Filmmaking
'Last Swim' debuted last week at the Berlin Film Festival, where it opened the festival’s Generation sidebar.
With his debut feature Last Swim, an ambitious and quietly radical portrait of young life in London, Sasha Nathwani has achieved one of the most difficult tasks for a new filmmaker: cutting through with a festival audience. Nathwanin co-wrote the screenplay with Helen Simmons ( Hoard), who also produced alongside Campbell Beaton, Nisha Mullea, Bert Hamelinck, Sorcha Shepherd, and James Isilay. I want to dance between the UK and the U.S. Each project on my slate, and they’re all in the very early stages of development, are films like Last Swim that explore the duality of identity and people who wear different hats depending on what kind of room they’re in.
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