
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive(2022)
Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath.


“One dive. One breath. One chance.”
Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.

Alessia Zecchini
Self - Freediver

Stephen Keenan
Self - Deceased Freediver / Safety Diver

Leigh Baker
Self - Respiratory Therapist
Mahmoud Barracuda
Self - Scuba Diver
Ilaria Boni
Self - Freediver Italian National Team

Kristof Coenen
Self - Freediver
Lily Crespy
Self - Freediver
Hanako Hirose
Self - Freediver Japanese National Team
Peter Keenan
Self - Stephen's Father
Francesca Koe Owings
Self - Freediving Judge
The Deepest Breath is a documentary film released in 2023 exploring themes of diving, deep sea, apnoe-diving, extreme sports, based on true story, underwater. Directed by Laura McGann, it stars Alessia Zecchini, Stephen Keenan, Leigh Baker. Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.
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