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Kathryn Reynolds
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Learning to Breath Under Water’ wraps production

LTBUW Cast

Learning To Breathe Under Water, directed by Rebekah Fortune, has completed production in Galway, Ireland, with the support of WRAP.

Featuring an impressive cast led by Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game) and Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), the film has already garnered significant international interest, with pre-sales to territories including Benelux (September Film), Bulgaria (Beta), Eastern Europe excluding Poland (HBO), Former Yugoslavia (Karantanija Cinemas), the Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Best Film), and airline distribution (Aardwolf). The project is co-produced by Ireland’s Wildcard (Patrick O’Neill) and the UK’s Shudder Films (Jack Tarling), whose previous collaboration on Kneecap was both a box office success and Ireland’s submission for the Oscars.

Learning to Breathe Under Water follows an eight-year-old boy (newcomer Ezra Carlisle) as he navigates life after the death of his mother while his father swings between manic creativity and debilitating anxiety. The arrival of a Bulgarian au pair, played by Bakalova, brings unexpected changes to the household.

The film represents a global collaboration, with co-production partners including KeyFilm in the Netherlands, One Wave Films in Wales, and Eiru Films in the west of Ireland. Funding came from several prestigious bodies, including Screen Ireland, the BFI Global Screen Fund, Ffilm Cymru, the Netherlands Film Fund, Bankside Films, and Three Point Capital. WRAP investment played a vital role in facilitating production in Galway city, allowing the project to showcase the region’s talent, locations, and industry infrastructure. The feature was film in and around Galway City utilising Galway Airport as a studio space where several sets were built.

This is Fortune’s second feature film, following her acclaimed 2017 debut Just Charlie, which won the Ecrans Junior Award at Cannes, the Audience Award at Edinburgh, and was nominated for two BIFAs.

Original article by Mona Tabbara and published on Screen Daily. Read it here.

See also ‘Learning to Breath Under Water’ wraps production at Eirufilms.com

Kathryn Reynolds
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APC Studios and Magamedia cast Máiréad Tyers to star alongside Siobhán Cullen in Season 2 of Obituary

Cullen - Tyers combined

Dark comedy crime drama starts production for RTÉ and Hulu.

Filming will start next week on season two of award-winning Irish dark comedy crime drama Obituary, co-produced by APC Studios (UK) and Irish independent production company Magamedia for One and Player in Ireland and streaming service Hulu exclusively in the U.S.

BAFTA-nominated Máiréad Tyers (Extraordinary, My Lady Jane) joins the stellar cast and will star alongside returning lead actress Siobhán Cullen (Bodkin, the Dry). New acclaimed directors are also on board for the second season: Rachel Carey (The Hardacres, Deadly Cuts), and Gary Shore (Dracula Untold, Haunting of the Queen Mary).

The 6 x one-hour episode series will again be written by award-winning scriptwriter Ray Lawlor (“Le Ceangal”) and is being produced in association with Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán and WRAP. Gemma O’Shaughnessy will produce the new season.

APC Studios’ Laurent Boissel and Magamedia’s Paddy Hayes are executive producers of the series, which starts filming in County Donegal in Ireland in September for delivery mid 2025.

Struggling with the death of her beloved father, Elvira (Siobhán Cullen) seeks relief in killing, but is beaten to the act by a mysterious new murderer in town. Ironically, when Detective Rose (Noni Stapleton) suspects Elvira of the kill she hasn’t committed, Elvira becomes determined to solve the murder and meet this potential kindred spirit. But her secret life is under threat when the eccentric new editor Vivienne (Máiréad Tyers) pits her against boyfriend Emerson (Ronan Raftery) in the newsroom. Pressure mounts when the disgraced former editor Hughie (David Ganly) returns to reveal her as a killer, and Emerson is on the cusp of unravelling an investigation that could tear them apart.

Executive Producers Laurent Boissel and Paddy Hayes say: “We are incredibly proud that both RTÉ and Hulu have committed to a second season of Obituary. Having Máiréad Tyers join our cast will add to the humour and frisson, and we are excited to work with such acclaimed directors as we bring six more episodes of this high concept drama to the global market.”

The critically acclaimed first season has been sold globally by APC to AMC Networks International Southern Europe (Spain and Portugal), Netflix (UK), Britbox (Australia), TVNZ (New Zealand), Proximus (Belgium), RTS (French-speaking Switzerland), RTP (Portugal), BluTV (Turkey & Cyprus) and TET (Latvia).

Read more in RTÉ https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0903/1468164-filming-begins-on-season-two-of-obituary/

Read more in Deadline https://deadline.com/2024/09/mairead-tyers-siobhan-cullen-hulu-rte-obituary-season-two-1236075727/

WRAP is a joint initiative between Ardán and the Western Development Commission, in association with local authorities in Clare, Donegal, Galway City, Galway County, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Údarás na Gaeltachta.