The film centres on a stormy romantic relationship between Dezi (Thomas Antony Olajide) and Selma (Emma Ferreira), two talented but troubled jazz musicians.
[2][3] Both Olajide and Ferreira were named among TIFF's annual Rising Stars program for emerging actors.
That's what Tommy and co-writer Marni Van Dyk are doing with Learn To Swim, scrambling time and weaving other storylines into Dezi and Selma's collaboration.
"[4] For the National Post, Chris Knight wrote that "In all honestly you could probably sit back, close your eyes and just listen to the music, but then you’d be missing out on the beautifully interwoven story of romance.
"[5] In 2022, the film was acquired for release on Netflix by Ava Duvernary's distribution company ARRAY.