Learning to Breathe Under Water

The Family Show

Archive - Festival 42

Fortune’s thoughtful little charmer accomplishes the tricky task of dramatizing trauma and healing in terms accessible to all ages.

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  • Archive - Festival 42
  • Director: Rebekah Fortune
  • Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands 2026
  • 96 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Leo is eight, curious, wise and full of imagination. His best friend is a giant metal shark that his dad, an artist, built in their roof. Leo can confide his secrets to the shark. He can’t really talk to his dad, and mum has been gone for five years now. Also, there is comfort in fantasy. Then Anya, a spirited au pair, bursts into Leo’s life and challenges him to embrace the wild, wonderful mess of real life.

Learning to Breathe Under Water is an enchanting film about communicating and channeling grief with wonderful performances from all three leads.

Filmography: Just Charlie (2017) | Age: 10+


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  • Director Rebekah Fortune
  • Production Jack Tarling, Patrick O’Neill
  • Script Richard Brabin
  • Cinematography Richard Kendrick
  • Editing Sam Hodge
  • Music Alexander Reumers
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary, Galway (Audience Award)
  • Actors Rory Kinnear, Maria Bakalova, Ezra Carlisle
  • Source Nachshon Films

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