Love Letters from Everest

Love Letters from Everest is a Canadian short animated documentary film, directed by Celeste Koon and released in 2019.[1] 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.[2] The roles of her grandparents are voiced by Jakob Josten and Laura Meadows.

Love Letters from Everest
Directed byCeleste Koon
Written byCeleste Koon
Produced byShasha Nakhai
Narrated byCeleste Koon
Edited byRich Williamson
Music byRob Teehan
Animation byAndrew Whyte
Distributed byCBC Gem
Release date
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the Doc NYC festival in October 2019,[3] 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).[4]

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