ComingSoon is worked up to debut the unique LookingUp trailer for the upcoming world premiere of the documentary film on the 2025 Miami Jewish Movie Competition. It’s going to formally be screened on Sunday, January 12, at 6:30 p.m. ET.
What occurs within the LookingUp trailer?
The video highlights the inspiring true story of Eitan Armon, who takes on the problem of of climbing the world’s most epic granite wall, El Capitan, regardless of his declining eyesight. It gives viewers with a glimpse of how he’ll overcome his limitations together with his willpower, resilience, and grit.
Try the unique LookingUp trailer beneath (watch extra trailers):
LookingUp is directed and produced by Elena Neuman in her characteristic directorial debut. The inventive crew consists of director of pictures Dani Tenenbaum and editor Dennis Clark, together with mountain cinematographers Damian Benegas and Nils Bailey. The documentary additionally options unique music supplied by Michael Bryan Stein.
“Identified with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a uncommon and incurable genetic illness that progressively causes blindness over time, Eitan found his situation whereas serving as a sharpshooter within the Israel Protection Forces (IDF). After receiving a medical discharge and with about 5% of his central imaginative and prescient remaining, Eitan decides to problem himself and ascend Yosemite’s daunting El Capitan. Refusing to be restricted by his visible incapacity, Eitan’s journey demonstrates that life has countless potentialities for many who method it with positivity and resilience. In LookingUp, Eitan lets go of every thing he can’t management and focuses on what he can,” reads the synopsis.
“Eitan’s story takes us to a wide ranging portaledge on El Capitan, the place he camps 1,500 toes above Yosemite Valley, savoring peanut butter and soaking within the view with the restricted central imaginative and prescient he has left. The movie follows him as he navigates his New York Metropolis neighborhood with a white cane, consults together with his docs on the College of Iowa, and explores groundbreaking developments in stem cell retinal transplantation on the Institute for Imaginative and prescient Analysis. Alongside the best way, we witness Eitan connecting with RP sufferers at extra superior levels of the illness and growing a relationship together with his climbing mentor, Willie, as he learns the abilities essential for giant wall climbing.”
Tickets for the competition displaying can now be bought on-line.
