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To save their career and relationship, a daredevil couple journey across the globe to climb the world’s last super skyscraper and perform a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire.
This immersive, vertiginous nail-biter takes audiences nearly 2,230 feet up in the sky. But to get there, filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist crafts a real-life heist film with actual life-or-death stakes, following its daredevil protagonists every dangerous — and highly illegal — step of the way of their mission. From carefully staking out their target and selecting an ingenious time to make their attempt, to evading security and risking their freedom — not to mention their lives — the Russian rooftoppers bring the viewer along for a wild and breathtaking ride. Just as importantly, the film captures a strong-willed couple as they meet, develop trust in the most harrowing and exhilarating of circumstances, and fall in love in the process. Skywalkers: A Love Story is a riveting, edge-of-your-seat experience about facing your fears and coming out the other side.—BT
This film contains scenes that may cause discomfort for those sensitive to exposure at heights.
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 25–28) and credentialed press and industry (January 24–28).
Screenings include closed and open captions, as well as audio description.