A feature documentary by Jonas Malak, produced by Nemesis Films and distributed by Fragments Distribution – coming soon in theatres
The film premiers on 17 August 2020 on Canada’s festival online platform, and released on 11 September in Montreal. Thereafter to the rest of the world from mid November.
Two high level scuba-divers and long-time friends, Don and Dave, broke a world record for depth in the Boesmansgat cave in South Africa. It would take them 15 minutes to reach the bottom, but 12 hours to surface. Having reached the bottom, against all odds, they find a body. They decide to come back and retrieve it. They call the parents, enrol 8 fellow divers, and hire a cameraman to document the dive. The camera will follow them throughout the preparation and the dive, including to the bottom of the cave. Little did they know that on that historic dive, Dave would not be coming back. In this time of over-performance driven by self-promotion and self-filming comes Boesmansgat, a story of loss and mourning where egoism and altruism, hubris and self-control, risk-taking and spirituality all go hand in hand. A cascade of choices and tense paradoxes that lead to a tragedy long foreseen, yet impossible to prevent.
- Director – Jonah Malak
- Screenwriter – Jonah Malak
- Producer – Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
