Jessica Swale: We have to encourage people back into cinemas

Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours – London

Director and playwright Jessica Swale has said it is a “privilege” to release one of the first new films since cinemas reopened and encouraged people who are visiting pubs to also return to the big screen.

Swale, who won an Olivier Award for her play Nell Gwynn, makes her film directorial debut with Summerland, which reunited her with the show’s star Gemma Arterton.