Project Detail

Breakwater

Name: Breakwater
Director: Max Morgan
Genre: Drama, LGBTQIA+, Romance
Released: 2025
Duration: 91 min

Daniel McNamee and Shaun Paul McGrath as Otto and John in front of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford

Daniel McNamee and Shaun Paul McGrath as Otto and John

Synopsis

A psychological drama set between Oxford and the Suffolk coast, exploring how we connect, forgive and grieve for both others and ourselves. It follows the relationship between Otto, a university student, and John, a retired angler who lives on the coast who bond over shared trauma of losing a loved one.
Official Selection Raindance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 91 min
Format: Digital
Director: Max Morgan 1st Feature
Producer: Jemima Chen
Executive Producer: Lord Neil Mendoza, Andy Paterson, Mike Hoffman, Maria Aries, Harvey John, Tim Flynn, Danhua Chen, Su-Mei Thompson, Sarah Marshall, Anthony Todd, Daniel Gordon
Editor: Talia Caouki
Screenwriter: Max Morgan
Director of Photography: Evan Bridges
Production Designer: Zoe Heimann
Sound: Ed White, Luke White
Composer: Bella Simpson, Alessandro Mackinnon-Botti
Principal cast: Daniel McNamee, Shaun Paul McGrath, Will Gao, Agnes Halladay, Noah Radcliffe-Adams

Genre

Drama LGBTQIA+ Romance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Breakwater Pictures Ltd.

Jemima Chen
Flat 16 North Court
Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 3LL

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