Skywalkers: A Love Story

Skywalkers: A Love Story is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Jeff Zimbalist and co-directed by Maria Bukhonina, produced by Zimbalist, Bukhonina, Tamir Ardon, and Chris Smith, about rooftopping as it follows Russian couple Angela Nikolau and Vanya Beerkus.

Cast

 * Angela Nikolau
 * Ivan Beerkus

Release
Skywalkers: A Love Story premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. A few days later, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the documentary. The film was released on Netflix on July 19, 2024.

Reception
Skywalkers has a 72% critics rating and a 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

A review by John Nugent for the Empire film magazine gave the film a 3 out of 5 stars rating, praising the film's ability to get under the viewers' skin, but "doesn't quite reach the heights it could." The review also notes how the film could be seen as an advertisement for the couple's signature NFTs. Nell Minow, writing for RogerEbert.com, rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling the climbs somewhat performative and the protagonists "completely self-centered."