A still from Skywalkers: A Love Story by Jeff Zimbalist, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
A still from Skywalkers: A Love Story by Jeff Zimbalist. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance Film Festival 2024

Overcoming the fear of falling in Skywalkers: A Love Story

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Published on January 19, 2024

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“Using the life or death stakes of trusting someone on a rooftop was an incredible metaphor for the trust we need in romantic relationships.”—Jeff Zimbalist

“We do embrace the heist genre, but our North Star throughout the process was that this is a love story.”

“We were lucky to have a lot of material to work with. And even luckier that they made it out.”

Jeff Zimbalist, director of Skywalkers: A Love Story, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Jeff Zimbalist, director of Skywalkers: A Love Story, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.