The Life Aquatic

A nineties boyband once said, "We’re going deep, baby. Deep, deep down". And they were right, despite being 26 years too early. Be prepared for nothing short of stuntastical scenery as Ocean Film Festival surfaces at Birmingham’s Crescent Theatre on October 22. Most remarkably, One Breath (pictured) follows a pair of free-divers as they attempt to break the world record in their discipline, which is currently set at a breath-defying, ear-bursting 214 metres — that's a distance of well over the length of two football pitches, in one breath, THEN BACK AGAIN! The whole collection of shorts is filmed from the perspective of the oceanographers, sailors and surfers who live and breathe the sea. From swimming with sharks to getting locked in a wave, this is closest to the sublime sub-aquatic as you'll get without, y'know, jumping in. Tickets are £14.50.