Project Detail

Learning to Breathe Under Water

Synopsis

Comedy drama about an eccentric artist and his son whose lives are uplifted by the arrival of a Bulgarian au pair.

Details

Year
2025
Type of film
Features
Director
Rebekah Fortune
Producer
Jack Tarling, Nan Davies, Patrick O’Neill
Executive Producer
Amy Gardner, Sophie Green, Ali Jazayeri, Keith Kehoe, Stephen Kelliher
Editor
Sam Hodge
Screenwriter
Richard Brabin
Director of Photography
Richard Kendrick
Production Designer
May Davies
Music
Alexander Reumers
Principal cast
Rory Kinnear, Maria Bakalova, Ezra Carlisle

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland, WRAP Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Dias Feld, Finite Films, Bankside Films, Three Point Capital.

UK, Ireland, Netherlands co-production

A Shudder Films (UK) and Wildcard (IE) production in co-production with Key Film (NL), One Wave Films (UK) and in association with Eiru Films

Sales Company

Bankside Films

Ashley House, 5th Floor
12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN

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