With each lurch forward, we have to get our bearings for where Mike (Michael Angelo Covino) and Kyle (Kyle Marvin) are now. Joined on a Zoom call, Kyle and Mike are hundreds of miles apart. After Cannes, Covino and Marvin landed distribution from Sony Pictures Classics, rode the festival circuit and won a Film Independent Spirit nomination. “The Climb” started as a one-shot, eight-minute short, which plays nearly unchanged as the feature's opening chapter. When Covino and Marvin hit a wall while writing, they'd go for a ride to clear their heads and talk it over.

Source: ABC News November 11, 2020 14:15 UTC