Netflix Acquires 'Skywalkers: A Love Story' Following Sundance Premiere

The documentary chronicles the daring journey of a couple who climb the world's last super skyscraper to save their relationship.

Netflix has acquired the rights to the documentary 'Skywalkers: A Love Story' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
The film, directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Maria Bukhonina, took seven years to produce and follows the daring journey of Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, a couple who climb the world's last super skyscraper and perform a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire.
The real-life couple, who hail from Moscow, were facing challenges in their relationship and career, which they saved by undertaking this daring climb.
The documentary captures the couple's journey, their struggles, and their daring feats, including escaping law enforcement and dangling off skyscrapers, captured with drone and GoPro cameras.
Despite facing additional pressures from the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine War, which led to their sponsors dropping out and Russia shutting down social media, the couple decided to take on a major risky stunt by scaling the Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and performing a bold acrobatic stunt at the very top of the spire.