We are beyond excited to bring news of the latest addition to this year’s Allingham Festival Programme.
The Deepest Breath was launched at the world-famous Sundance Film Festival and was immediately snapped up by Netflix who will stream it from July 19th. The film follows Italian freediver Alessia Zecchini on her quest to break a world record in this dangerous extreme sport. Competitors attempt to reach the greatest depth without the use of scuba gear, risking blackouts upon ascent. She is guided in her quest by Stephen Keenan, a free-spirited Irish adventurer who fell in love with the sport in Dahab, Egypt.
The film has been described as “… one of the most exhilarating, beautiful and intensely moving films you will see all year.” and has been the subject of rave reviews in the Irish Times, the London Times, and the Guardian amongst many others. The director, Laura McGann, also provided a featured interview on RTE’s Arena.
Jamie D’Alton
On Friday, November 10 there will be an opportunity to see The Deepest Breath on the big screen in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon as part of this year’s Allingham Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Jamie Lee D’Alton an executive producer of the film who has strong family connections with Ballyshannon. Regular Allingham-goers may remember that Jamie was with us before in 2016 when he appeared with director, Garry Keane, to discuss their film, 'TOUGHEST PLACE TO BE'.
Jamie is joint owner of Motive Films, one of Ireland’s leading documentary and factual entertainment companies. For the past fifteen years, the company have produced creative, hard hitting, and socially aware films for both domestic and international audiences including the critically acclaimed Between Land & Sea, I Am Immigrant, and Conor McGregor – Notorious, the highest grossing Irish documentary of all time. Motive is also known for RTÉ productions DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland and Ultimate Hell Week.