EXCLUSIVE: Sam Spruell , Honor Swinton Byrne and Jessica Madsen will topline Tidepools , a coming-of-age wartime feature from Marius D’Gasco. International sales will kick off at AFM .

The pic was filmed along Croatia’s Adriatic coast. Set during a time of escalating war in Europe, the story follow two boys from opposite sides of a modern-day conflict who form an unlikely bond.

Alongside Spruell ( A Knight of the Seven Kingdom ), Swinton Byrne ( The Souvenir ), and Madsen ( Bridgerton ), an ensemble cast includes rising stars Charlie Hodson-Prior ( Dune: Prophecy ) and Tom Mulheron ( Black Mirror ) as the two 13-year-old protagonists.

The film follows Pasha (Mulheron), a young refugee sent to live with his aunt (Swinton-Byrne). He befriends Misha (Hodso

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