Learning to Breathe Under Water
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Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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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
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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 Floor12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN
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