7 Beats per Minute

{{Short description|2024 documentary film}}

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| name = 7 Beats per Minute

| image = Seven_beats_per_minute.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Yuqi Kang

| producer = Ina Fichman

| writer = Yuqi Kang

| starring = Jessea Lu

| music = Mario Sévigny
Lauren Bélec
Frannie Holder

| cinematography = Kalina Bertin
Alexandre Lampron
Scott Alexander Ruderman

| editing = Dominique Champagne

| studio = Intuitive Pictures
Five Fifty Five
Rainshine Entertainment

| distributor = National Film Board of Canada

| released = {{Film date|2024|3|8|SXSW}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English
Mandarin

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7 Beats per Minute is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Yuqi Kang.Andrew Parker, [https://www.thegate.ca/film/066526/hot-docs-2024-review-7-beats-per-minute/ "Hot Docs 2024 Review | 7 Beats per Minute"]. TheGATE.ca, April 27, 2024. The film is a portrait of Jessea Lu, the Chinese freediver who nearly died during a 2018 attempt to set a new world record in her sport, centring on both the incident and her physical and emotional recovery.Matthew Carey, [https://deadline.com/video/7-beats-per-minute-sxsw-documentary-trailer-premiere/ "“Meditative Thriller” ‘7 Beats Per Minute’ Takes Plunge With World Class Freediver Jessea Lu; Watch Trailer For SXSW World Premiere Doc"]. Deadline Hollywood, March 5, 2024.

The film premiered on March 8, 2024, at SXSW,Taimur Sikander Mirza, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/02/08/four-canadian-world-premieres-added-to-sxsw-lineup/ "Four Canadian world premieres added to SXSW lineup"]. Playback, February 8, 2024. and had its Canadian premiere on April 26 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.Johanna Schneller, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-hot-docs-2024-behind-the-super-producing-powers-of-canadas-documentary/ "Hot Docs 2024: Behind the super-producing powers of Canada’s documentary titan Ina Fichman"]. The Globe and Mail, April 26, 2024.