Leo De Broc

Born in Brest, Léo de Broc is a filmmaker whose DNA is deeply maritime. Son of legendary navigator Bertrand de Broc and naval graphic designer Isabelle Keller, he grew up to the rhythm of the waves and artistic creation. His family heritage, blending the demands of offshore racing with the poetry of design, shapes a unique perspective. An accomplished windsurfer and kitesurfer, he knows the maritime subject 'from the inside,' making the sea his natural film set.

After training in STAPS (Sports Science and Humanities in Europe), Léo developed a dual practice as documentarian and director of clips and commercial videos, now based in Geneva. With rare intuition and rigor, he gives light a second life, rendering it timeless in films of a 'champagne sail' softness. Between sea, art, and sport, he seeks to capture the soul of the Mediterranean and its blessed shores, making each shot an enchanted and peaceful interlude, without results or rankings, purely for the beauty of this dreamlike island setting.

For his residency at Rocabella, Léo de Broc deploys an ambitious documentary project entitled 'Les Gardiennes de la Mer' (Guardians of the Sea). Moving away from Breton shores, he comes to confront his lens with the unique light of the Riviera to explore the fascinating and still little-known world of women's deep freediving. His challenge is to create a film where the spectacular beauty of the neoclassical estate dialogues with the dreamlike and poetic depth of the underwater world.

Inspired by the serenity of the place, Léo aims to transform Rocabella into a creative laboratory to capture the invisible: the grace of a freediver plunging into the blue, the mastery of breath, and the reconnection with the marine depths. Taking advantage of the water's transparency and the rugged seabed of the coastline, he envisions breathtaking images—true tableaux vivants where the female silhouette becomes a mythological creature, protector of the sea. This project is an ode to power and resilience, celebrating at Rocabella a new kind of 'champagne sail': that of freediving, where the beauty of the island meets the eternal poetry of the Mediterranean.