A clutch of Kiwi Catholics take to the pilgrim trail in CAMINO SKIES, an eighty minute travelogue trek into tragedy and the pursuit of meaning.

Shot over 42 days, the film follows the journey of six strangers as they embark on the historic ‘Camino de Santiago’, a kind of Kokoda for Catholics an historic 800km pilgrimage that starts in France and works its way through Spain before arriving in the Spanish city of Camino de Santiago.

The trek is torrid, with torrential rain, snow, insect bites, and foot fatigue. The terrain is rugged and scenically bland for he most part. Like a protracted existential round of golf, it would appear to many viewers as a good walk spoiled.

The six trekkers have all washed ashore borne by the waves of grief.

For Julie Zarifeh there has been the loss of her (too young at
60) husband of thirty years, Paul, to pancreatic cancer in
November 2017, tragically and shockingly followed a mere 16 days
later by the death of her 27 year old eldest son, Sam, in a rafting
accident on a West Coast river expedition, in New Zealand.

Susan Morris has been struggling with severe arthritic disease and the separation from her husband. She is as stubborn as her spine is shot, but her plucky persistence is an insolent inspiration.

Terry and Mark lost granddaughter/step daughter Maddy to cystic fibrosis and their trip is a bonding experience.

Cheryl Stone comes from a love for trekking, hiking and climbing the odd mountain. Her mission objective is to lay a stone each at Cruz de Hierro for the dear departed.

Claude Tranchant is a trail tragic, a trenchant trekker, a repeat pilgrim, all too ready to offer advice whether warranted or not.

Overt spirituality is kept to a minimum – Mark has a canine encounter that causes him to ponder if the pooch is a spiritual pathfinder possessed by the soul of Maddy- and CAMINO SKIES strength lies in its study of basic human frailty and gumption.