Only very few people can do this: Dive under the icy cover of a frozen lake for minutes on end to take photos of magical beauty with the camera. Perform a graceful choreography underwater, follow humpback whales into the deep – without a scuba tank – or realize the enchanting underwater shots for a music clip from Beyoncé. Julie Gautier is the daughter of a spear fisherman and a dancer. She is an free-diver, director and has developed an entirely new way of filmmaking. She appeared in front of the camera for the first time in our "Julie" portrait, revealing both her strength and fragility," Joachim Hellinger from the production company HELLIVENTURES tells GoSee.
If you are born the daughter of a spear fisherman on the island of La Réunion, the sea is in your blood: Free-diver Julie Gautier is at home in the ocean. But her passion is creative work, filmmaking and dancing. In one-of-a-kind photos, Gautier masterfully combines dance and free-diving to create a very unique form of expression, like she has done in her music video "Running" for Beyoncé or in her films "Free Fall", "Gravity" or "Narcose".
The team from HELLIVENTURES accompanied Julie to the premiere of her film "AMA" in France, to Finland for a frosty shoot under the ice for "One Breath Around The World" as well as to her home, La Reunión, where she whisked us away to the places of her childhood. In JULIE, we encounter a woman who has found her creative voice under the surface of the ocean.
JULIE celebrated its premier on 17 March at the International Ocean Film Tour Volume 6. It brings the best marine adventures and water sports films of the year onto the big screen. From March 2019, it will be touring 14 countries with more than 150 stops.
