Director: Gino Evans
Treading Water is a 2025 British drama directed by Gino Evans, following a woman who walks away from privilege to rebuild old boats for a living, now streaming with a Persian dub on K-Time.
What is Treading Water about?
Casey has swapped a comfortable upbringing for a quieter, harder life on the water, restoring wooden boats by hand and sharing a home with her girlfriend Alex. The arrangement looks settled from the outside, but the film spends its 94 minutes picking at the cracks underneath: unfinished business with Casey's family, money pressures tied to the boatyard, and the slow strain of two people wanting different futures. Director Gino Evans keeps the camera close and patient, letting small domestic moments carry the emotional weight rather than big confrontations. It is a story about what people quietly give up to feel like themselves, and what that costs the people who love them.
Cast & crew
Joe Gill and Becky Bowe lead the cast as Casey and Alex, with Darren Connolly, Darryl Clark, Joanne Dakin, Elianne Byrne, Christine Dalby, and Vincent Davies rounding out the ensemble. The film currently holds a 5.5 rating on IMDb.
Context & significance
Treading Water is a UK production with no connection to Iranian cinema, but its themes of family estrangement and choosing an unconventional path resonate broadly with diaspora audiences navigating similar tensions between inherited expectations and self-made lives. K-Time carries it with a Persian-language dub, making the film accessible to viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi.
Where & how to watch
Treading Water streams on K-Time with a Persian dub, available on any device once you are logged into a free K-Time account. There is no VPN required and no geo-blocking for diaspora viewers, and you can stop watching whenever you like. The interface itself runs fully in Farsi for anyone who prefers it.