Sasha Nathwani’s Last Swim captures a rare moment in time as a teenage girl and her friends wait for their A-level results. Here’s our review.

There’s a special kind of magic to a film that transports you to a special time in your own life. Finding something universal in common with a story takes it to another level, and this is what Last Swim, director and co-writer Sasha Nathwani’s feature debut, excels at. It takes place on the day that Ziba (Deba Hekmat) and her mates receive their A-level results. Ziba has planned a whole day for them, which includes grabbing the best sandwich in the world, a cheeky trip to Hampstead Heath and ending with a meteor shower.

In many ways, Last Swim is about a lot of lasts. It’s the last day of school, the last day of the summer and possibly the...