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- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean-Marc BarrJean RenoRosanna ArquetteThe rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.
- DirectorElena HazanovaStarsViktoriya IsakovaMaksim SukhanovVladimir YaglychFollowing her divorce, Marina Gordeeva (40) thinks she'll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she'll find the love of her life in free diving, one of the most extreme sports in existence, built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath. Marina demonstrates her amazing talents, yet it's her weak points that hold her back from winning the competition. Marina can't leave behind her life-baggage. As she plunges to the ocean depths, her subconscious fears resurface as harrowing visions. In a sport where everything depends on mind control, one bad thought is enough to lose it all. In the vast, mysterious realm of the sea, Marina not only regains her sense of peace and well being, but also redefines her existence.
- DirectorSky ChristophersonStarsMartie AshworthMark BrunettiTamara ChristophersonFreediver Max Avery (Justin Flint Williford) journeys to his inner-most depths as he pursues competitive freediving as a relief from a chronic lung disease. Yet his passion for the extreme sport is widening a rift between him and his father (Mark Brunetti), a physician, who hears his son's risky descents will cost him his life. As Max trains for one last world record attempt, he must convince his father that the perilous dive may be his only chance of triumphing over his illness.
- DirectorAlki DavidStarsAlki DavidAdam BaldwinCamilla RutherfordAction Adventure - based on a true story. Freediver Danai Varveri's epic struggle to become champion of the world.
- DirectorFilippo De LuigiStarsFranco NeroAlexandra BrochenPaolo CalissanoA young girl swimmer, involved in an organisation with the aim of protecting dolphins, is engaged in an action against the local fishermen whose nets are endangering the creatures. She develops a rapport with some rescued dolphins, joining them in the society's tank, surprising other members with her ability to hold her breath for long periods. Following the death of a colleague, with whom she was in love, She decides to publicise the situation by breaking a world free-diving record.
- DirectorLefteris CharitosStarsJacques MayolJean-Marc BarrUmberto PelizzariDolphin Man draws us into the world of Jacques Mayol, capturing his compelling journey and immersing viewers into the sensory and transformative experience of free-diving. From the Mediterranean to Japan and from India to the Bahamas, we meet Mayol's closest friends and family, including his children Dottie and Jean-Jacques, and world free-diving champions William Trubridge, Mehgan Heaney-Grier and Umberto Pelizzari, to reveal the portrait of a man who reached the limits of the human body and mind, not just to break records but hoping to discover the deeper affinity between human beings and the sea. Narrated by Jean-Marc Barr, the actor who famously portrayed Mayol in The Big Blue, the film weaves together rare film archive from the 1950s onwards, with stunning contemporary underwater photography, to discover how the 'dolphin man' revolutionized free-diving and brought a new consciousness to our relationship with the sea and our inner-selves.
- DirectorEliza KubarskaWalking Under Water will take us under the waves to walk with the last compressor divers from the Badjao tribe in Mabul Island.
- DirectorJames ReedJames MorganAn award-winning documentary about Rohani, an 80-year-old hunter who dives on a single breath descending to great depths for several minutes. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Togian Islands of Indonesia.
- DirectorCraig LeesonStarsDavid AttenboroughSylvia EarleBen FogleJournalist Craig Leeson teams up with diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans.
- DirectorCláudia VarejãoStarsMayumi MitsuhashiMasumi ShibaharaMatsumi KoisoA dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these have been carried out in Japan for over 2000 years by the Ama-San.
- DirectorPhilippe GerardStarsPierre FrollaWorld champion free-diver Pierre Frolla slips below the oceans surface for up to 6 minutes at a time to interact with whales, eels and sharks. Over 51 days, he explores the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- DirectorMichele CoggiolaArtur KadeStarsUmberto PelizzariAurora AssoIlaria BoninMomentum explores the depths of the ocean and the boundaries of human potential. You will visit places where only submarines, whales and the elite few dare to go.
- DirectorLygia Barbosa
- DirectorHee-Young KohA story of haenyeos or women of the sea who have to hold their breath to survive and of mulsum (breathing underwater), that represents a desire and temptation that could not be contained. 7 years of exclusive filming reveals a closed community of haenyeos and their lives.
- DirectorInna BlokhinaStarsAnna BaderJeannie ChesserSylvia EarleExplore the lives of nine women from around the world who share a passion for the ocean.
- DirectorSagan KimStarsOk-sun HyeonYeong-ja KangA look at the life of the last generation of Jeju Island's haenyeo: female free-divers, most of them now ranging in age from their 60s to their 80s, who brave the sea to harvest seafood from the sea floor.
- DirectorAmie WilliamsLooks at the dying art of the Amasan, or Sea Women of Shirahama, Japan, women who free-dive without breathing equipment, holding their breath for 1-2 minutes at a time, risking their lives and livelihood for the love of a more balanced life and ocean. Told through the wise eyes of seven AMA, all over the age of sixty, the film celebrates growing old while embracing the beauty, camaraderie and longevity of female friendship, defined by lives lived mostly "underwater" and the freedom that they find beneath the sea. .
- DirectorMatthew MalpelliThe origins, lifestyle and story of an ethnic group in Sipadan Islands who lives on open water.
- DirectorDenis Lagrange
- DirectorBob TalbotStarsPipin FerrerasAudrey MestreUmberto PelizzariOCEAN MEN takes you on a giant screen adventure into the world of two freedivers and their unique relationship to the sea.
- DirectorChristian MayStarsHerbert NitschPeter de HueberMarkus HelmOn 6 June 2012, the apnea diver Herbert Nitsch sought to improve his own world record in freediving by another 100 feet -- to 800 feet (244 m). The record attempt off the Greek island of Santorini was to only be the beginning of his "1,000 feet" project. . Unconscious, he had to be brought to the surface by rescue divers -- after reaching a depth of more than 818 feet (249.5 meters).This documentary accompanied him during his incredible recovery.
- DirectorKate Thompson-GorryStarsOlivia GotanègreOn every fishing outing with her grandmother, Aoi wonders if she will have the strength to carry on. The weather is ideal for shell fishing in the shark-infested waters of the Japanese Sea of Hegura Island. Yet Aoi, 21, still a novice, is nervous to dive in front of her more experienced grandmother. Machiko, 82, is a traditional Ama free diver, meaning "woman of the sea." She is one of the last custodians of a 2 000 years old expertise, one of harvesting abalone and the other precious shells that once had a place of honour at the emperors' table.The Ama tradition is passed down from mother to daughter but for several generations now the ice-cold waters, the scarcity of seashells and the mortal danger that represent both sharks and other fishing boats have discouraged the younger generation who is migrating to Japan's large cities. Is Aoi her grandmother's true successor or will she end up abandoning, like the three other young women in her village, who returned to land only last year? Aoi knows that on her shoulders rest the hopes of the entire Ama community.Sara, 17, lives on the mainland opposite Hegura island. She is a typical Japanese young woman, living in a world of touch screens and social media. Yet a few months, to the astonishment of her friends, Sara revealed that she wanted to become an Ama. Will she embody the new Ama generation the whole island is so desperately waiting for?
- DirectorPeter RinggaardStarsBrian PattersonMikimoto KokichiLoubna AbarghLong before the oil industry transformed the Gulf region, pearl diving was the biggest industry in Bahrain. Only a few of the old captains and crew members are still alive to tell their fascinating stories. A beautiful experience with amazing underwater filming and a rare look into the pearl diving culture and traditions, told from the deck of the traditional Arab dhows.
- DirectorAlex IgidbashianDaye JeongKevin SawickiStarsChuwar ParkHaenyeo refers to the women free-divers of Jeju Island, South Korea who for centuries have collected sea food without the use of scuba equipment. This short documentary provides a portrait of Chuwar Park, a still active and unbelievably vibrant 82-year-old diver. Examining her daily routine as well as her past, Park sheds light on this unique matriarchal culture that has changed little since the 19th century.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsRob StewartPaul WatsonErich RitterAn investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.