Reviews
★★★★
NME
★★★★
“An inspiring journey”
Radio Times
★★★★
Empire
“A pilgrimage of hope”
The Guardian UK
“Life-affirming documentary”
The Irish News
"You'd have to be pretty hard-hearted not to be moved by these stories of hope in the face of adversity"
Mark Kermode, BBC News 'The Film Review'
“Marvellously uplifting”
Metro UK
“Tear-jerking”
Daily Mail
“Quiet and understated”
The Tablet
“Impressive debut”
Morning Star
“Quiet and honest”
The Upcoming
“The love and support they give to each other is inspirational”
David Stratton Recommends
“A wonderfully genuine piece of filmmaking”
John Brierley, Camino Guides
“A meditative film that invites reflection and wonder”
Robert W. Monk, FilmInk
“A bittersweet testament to the endurance of the human spirit”
Hagan Osborne, Janks Reviews
"The Directors ability to capture intimate, poignant moments with subtlety and restraint
while carefully crafting a narrative was both engaging and genuinely moving."
Doc Edge Film Festival Judges Feedback
“A stunning meditation on quietly observing life”
Glennys Marsdon, So Perth
"This is the most beautiful documentary!"
Sarah McMullan, Radio NZ
"Poignant"
James Croot, Stuff NZ
“It’s heartbreaking, foot-blistering, inspiring and terrific.”
Russell Baillie, NZ Listener
“It would prove difficult to not be impacted profoundly by the personal and special nature of this film.”
Russell Matthews, Reel Dialogue
”Kudos to the talent behind the film for capturing so beautifully the raw, honest emotions
of a group of strangers walking the 800km Camino de Santiago”
NZealander Diary
"A film that freely invokes laughter, tears and genuine wonder at the human spirit"
Susie Schwartfeger
“A work of compassion and maturity from a couple of young film-makers.”
Toby Woollaston - NZ Herald
“One helluva journey”
Vicky Roach - Sunday Telegraph
Awards
Best NZ Director (Winner) - Doc Edge Film Festival 2019
Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker (Winner) - Doc Edge Film Festival 2019
Best NZ Feature (Nominated) - Doc Edge Film Festival 2019
Best NZ Cinematography (Nominated) - Doc Edge Film Festival 2019
Best NZ Editing (Nominated) - Doc Edge Film Festival 2019
Bronze Winner (Documentary) - Australian Cinematographers Society Vic & Tas Awards 2019
Press
NME Magazine
Curzon Living Room Q&As with Directors Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady
David Stratton Recommends
Follow the Camino - Interview with Terry Wilson
Uniting Church ‘Insights’
ABC Mornings - Annie Gaffney Interview with Noel Smyth (skip to 1hr 26min)
My Camino Podcast - Dan Mullins Interview with Sue Morris
Impulse Gamer - Interview with Noel Smyth
Matts Movie Reviews - Interview with Noel Smyth
Janks Reviews - Review by Hagan Osborne
So Perth - Review by Glennys Marsdon
ABC Drive - Interview with Sue Morris
FilmInk - Review by Julian Wood
Reel Dialogue - Review by Russell Matthews
Scoop - Highest Grossing Documentary of 2019
Showtools - Filmmaker Interview with Fergus Grady and Phoebe Curran
Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict - Review
Your Weekend - Review
GOOD Magazine
Joelle Thomson
Fresh FM - Interview with Fergus Grady
RNZ Nine to Noon - Finding Peace Under Camino Skies
South Island Premiere Highlights Video
Coast FM
NZ Herald
Newstalk ZB Breakfast - Interview with Terry Wilson
The AM Show - Interview with Terry Wilson
Flicks.co.nz
Grandparents.co.nz ‘Get Up and Go’
Otago Daily Times
NZ Herald - Camino Skies: Travel tips for walking Spain's pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago
Stuff.co.nz - The pain in Spain: Camino Skies star Terry Wilson sees the trek as a 'metaphor for life'
TVNZ - Seven Sharp - Interview With Julie Zarifeh
More FM Breakfast Club - Interview with Julie Zarifeh
Stuff.co.nz - Review
The Breeze Auckland - Interview with Julie Zarifeh
Stuff.co.nz - Christchurch woman's pilgrimage after losing husband and son days apart
Kia Ora Magazine
North & South June 2019
The Listener Magazine - ‘Walking off the pain in Spain: Behind the blistering doco Camino Skies’
Crowne Plaza - Artist Series Talks with Directors of Camino Skies
Doc Edge Film Festival Winners Announcement
RNZ - Sarah McMullan Review