Love Letters from Everest (2019)
8m
Running Time
November 8, 2019Release Date
Love Letters from Everest (2019)
8m
Running Time
November 8, 2019Release Date
Plot.
A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jakob Josten
Fritz Mller
Celeste Koon
Narrator / Director / Writer
Laura Meadows
Barbara
Ed Barreveld
Executive Producer
Evan De Rushie
Cinematography
Robbie Teehan
Music
Rich Williamson
Editor
Shasha Nakhai
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Love Letters from Everest is a Canadian short animated documentary film, directed by Celeste Koon and released in 2019. The film centres on the love letters written between Koon's grandparents, Fritz Müller and Barbara Battle, during Müller's 1956 research expedition to Mount Everest. The roles of her grandparents are voiced by Jakob Josten and Laura Meadows.
The film premiered at the Doc NYC festival in October 2019, and had its Canadian premiere in February 2020 on CBC Gem.
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction and Best Direction in a Web Program or Series (Koon).