OUR WORK

Descent

(2020, documentary, 65mins, PG-13)

Descent was Running Cloud Productions' first feature film. It tells the story of Dutch ice freediver Kiki Bosch, who dives in the world’s coldest waters without a wetsuit as therapy for trauma, and to inspire others.

Descent premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and won the Best Australian Documentary award, becoming Academy Award-eligible in the process. The film has since screened in other premiere festivals in London, New York, Amsterdam, Reykjavik, and Melbourne, and is available to view on Amazon Prime ANZ, DocPlay, Garage Entertainment and Vimeo On Demand UK.

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Diving Into The Darkness

(2024, documentary, 96mins, PG-13)

Diving Into The Darkness is the second feature film produced by Running Cloud. It tells the story of Canadian cave diving icon Jill Heinerth, and the nail-biting challenges and risks she’s faced to go where no man or woman has gone before.

Diving Into The Darkness won the Best Documentary Award at the Academy Award-qualifying Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2024. The film has since played at other film festivals (Maui, Dana Point, Melbourne, Sony Catchlight, et al), virtual screenings hosted by name-brands (Royal Canadian Geographic Society, Huish Outdoors, ScubaDiver Magazine), and was voted as the best diving documentary of all time by Seaproof TV.

During the height of principal photography, Running Cloud’s creative director - Nays Baghai - set a new filmmaking precedent by becoming the first-ever film director certified to cave dive on a rebreather. This enabled him to dive and work alongside the world’s best technical divers, deep into underwater caves inaccessible to recreational divers and Hollywood film crews.

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