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2024 1 h 40 min
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During a world-record attempt, freediving champion Jessea Lu blacked out and was lifeless for four minutes. Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when Jessea returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.

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During a world-record attempt, freediving champion Jessea Lu blacked out and was lifeless for four minutes. Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when Jessea returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.

Sports and Leisure - Water Sports
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Psychology and Psychiatry
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  • writer
    Yuqi Kang
  • director
    Yuqi Kang
  • producer
    Ina Fichman
    Sherien Barsoum
  • executive producer
    Ina Fichman
    Shirley Vercruysse
    Anita Lee
    Kate Baxter
    Neeraj Bhargava
  • co-producer
    Yuqi Kang
  • editor
    Dominique Champagne
  • director of photography
    Kalina Bertin
    Alex Lampron
  • original music
    Frannie Holder
    Lauren Bélec
    Mario Sévigny
  • sound designer
    Sacha Ratcliffe
  • featuring
    Jessea Lu
  • associate producer
    Amy Miller
    Kate Vollum
    Cao Xi
  • production manager
    Christine Rocheleau
  • location sound
    Emory Murchison
    Tobias Haynes
  • assistant camera
    William MacKenzie
    Marc-André Thomassin
  • graphic design
    Kara Blake
  • animation
    Kara Blake
  • story consultant
    Judith Helfand
  • underwater camera
    André Musgrove
    Kohei Ueno
    Perrin James
    Yuqi Kang
    Daan Verhoeven
    Kristin Kuba
  • additional camera
    Scott Alexander Ruderman
    Natalie Haarhoff
    Nick Dietrich
    Shen Mi
  • additional location sound
    Malcom Owen-Flood
    Sean Moloi
  • additional assistant camera
    Kelebogile Mokanyane
  • fixer
    Nosiku Mugadza
  • location driver
    Maambo Simvula
  • location assistant
    Maambo Simvula
  • production assistant
    Paul Hartsel
  • narration consultant
    Helene Klodawsky
  • online editor
    Yannick Carrier
  • colourist
    Yannick Carrier
  • re-recording mixer
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • end credit design
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • production supervisor
    Marcus Matyas
  • technical coordinator
    Kevin Riley
    Luc Binette
  • senior production coordinator
    Adrianna Marling
  • studio operations manager
    Mark Wilson
  • studio administrator
    Andrew Martin-Smith
  • sound technician
    Q'Mal Labad-Workman
  • studio coordinator
    Victoria Anderson Gardner
    Calvin Serutoke
    Carly Kastner
  • marketing manager
    Kay Rondonneau
  • marketing coordinator
    Julie Fortin
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • digital editing technician
    Patrick Trahan
  • digital processing technician
    Albert Kurian
  • post-production technician
    Charles-Étienne Viau
  • music mixer
    Benoit Bouchard
  • assistant editor
    Xiaoxiao Yan
  • demo editor
    Maxime Chalifoux
    Boban Chaldovich
  • dialogue editor
    Evan Jerred
  • transcription
    Laurel Toews
  • calligrapher
    Ngan Siu-Mui
  • accounting
    Nathalie Arel
  • insurance
    Globalex
  • legal services
    Lussier & Khouzam
  • bank
    National Bank of Canada

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