Shut-up and swim

Overview

This documentary is about Sigrún Þuríður Geirsdóttir, the first Icelandic woman to swim across the English Channel. She is also the first woman to swim the famous Eyjasund (from the Westmann Islands to the south coast of Iceland). In addition Sigrún has also swam the English Channel in a relay team three times. The film tells Sigrún's story and her incredible endurance. It took her 22 hours. and 34 min to complete the swim but she became sea sick for 7 hours. Sigrún had no background in sports and learned how to swim only three years earlier. The documentary is 70 minutes long and contains a lot of footage from Sigrún's swim. In 2020 the president of Iceland honored Sigrún Þuríður Geirsdóttir the Order of the Falcon, the highest honour that the Icelandic state can bestow on individuals.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 28, 2020

Original language

Icelandic

Spoken languages

Icelandic

Director

Jóhannes Jónsson

Producer

Jóhannes Jónsson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt12694208