‘Freediver’ trailer: Paramount documentary shows the world’s greatest freediver fighting to reclaim athletic glory after exile
Paramount has released the trailer for “Freediver,” a documentary from director and writer Michael John Warren (“Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza,” “Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known”). The film, based on the GQ article “Secrets of the Deep” by Daniel Riley, will be available on digital Dec. 7, 2024.
After geopolitics forced him into exile, the world’s greatest living freediver, Alexey Molchanov, fights to reclaim his athletic glory and honor his iconic mother’s towering legacy by attempting the most dominant season in the history of the deadly sport. His near-suicidal quest to set five world records in under four months brings him to the farthest reaches of the globe and his mind, forcing him to reevaluate the very skills on which he has built his entire life. Watch the trailer below.
The trailer states, “The goal of competitive freediving is simple: Dive as deep as you can on a single breath…and come back up alive.” Molchanov reveals, “I’m very competitive. I always have been, since I was a kid.” Known as the greatest freediver in the world, Molchanov attempts to break five world records within a single season. His mother is Natalia Molchanova, a record-setting Russian freediver who disappeared during a private diving lesson in 2015. Her son was part of the search team that presumed her dead. Now he follows in her dangerous footsteps.
Warren serves as a producer alongside Erik Feig and Samie Kim Falvey for Picturestart; David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, and Jon Weinbach for Skydance Sports; Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, and Jordan Wynn for Boardwalk Pictures; Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos, and Lexy Altman for GQ Studios, along with Katherine Dunn, Nan Sandle and Talin Middleton.