Underwater Filming

We operate professional underwater housings for cinema cameras including RED, ARRI, and Sony systems. We match camera and housing combinations to your resolution, frame rate, and image quality requirements.

Yes, all our underwater crews are certified commercial divers with extensive Maltese film production experience. Teams include underwater cinematographers, focus pullers, safety divers, and dive supervisors as required, many with credits on major international features shot at Mediterranean Film Studios.

Yes — and Malta is uniquely strong here. Mediterranean Film Studios operates a surface tank and a shallow filming tank, used on Gladiator, Troy, Captain Phillips, U-571, and many more. They are among the largest purpose-built water filming facilities in Europe and the global standard for controlled aquatic work.

Actor safety is paramount. We provide safety divers, breathing apparatus for extended takes, pre-shoot training, and clear communication systems. Non-diving actors can achieve impressive underwater shots with proper support — Mediterranean Film Studios has decades of experience supporting actor water work.

We film throughout the Maltese islands—Mediterranean Film Studios provides world-class controlled tanks, the Blue Lagoon and Comino offer turquoise open-water locations, Gozo's Dwejra and Inland Sea suit dramatic natural environments, and the islands' historic shipwrecks support documentary and feature work. Coastal permits are handled through Transport Malta.

We use professional underwater communication systems including through-water comms for diver coordination and surface-to-diver links. Directors can communicate with underwater crews and monitor shots in real-time.