Drowning in Dreams

Drowning in Dreams
Directed byTim Southam
Produced byMichael Allder
CinematographyÉric Cayla
Edited byNick Hector
Production
company
Release date
  • September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Drowning in Dreams is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tim Southam and released in 1997. The film centres on Fred Broennle, a German-Canadian businessman from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who engaged in a multi-year effort to raise the shipwrecked Gunilda from the bottom of Lake Superior.

The film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 18th Genie Awards.