THE FILM

WINNER**16** OUT of 25 FESTIVALS!

WINNER: Audience Favorite: Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest
WINNER: First Prize Humanitarian Award : Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival
WINNER: Audience Choice Short : Tacoma Film Festival
WINNER: Best Short Documentary: La Costa Film Festival
WINNER: Jury Award Best Short: YES FilmFestival
WINNER: Best Short Documentary: Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
WINNER: Audience Award : SFDocs Film Festival
WINNER: Special Jury Short Film : deadCenter Film Festival
WINNER: Best Short Documentary : Black Hills Film Festival
WINNER: Special Jury Award : WorldFest Houston Film Festival
WINNER: People’s Choice Award : Julien Dubuque Film Festival
WINNER: Honorable Mention: Myrtle Beach Film Festival
WINNER: Nominated Best Doc: Heart of Gold Int’l Film Festival
NOMINATED FINALIST Best Doc : SXSW Int’l Film Festival
WORLD PREMIERE: SXSW International Film Festival

THE FILM HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE ACADEMY FOR OSCAR® NOMINATION CONSIDERATION FOR THE 89TH ACADEMY AWARDS

SYNOPSIS

Award winning short doc, PHIL’S CAMINO tell the story of free spirit Phil, a man living with Stage 4 cancer and dreaming of walking the 500 mile spiritual pilgrimage Camino de Santiago across Spain. Unable to make the trip, he does the next best thing: he builds a camino in the forest behind his house, starts to walk,  and traces his progress on a map.  Phil's journey is one of hope, acceptance, and freedom, and is sure to inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of doing something that sounded impossible. Upon reaching ‘Santiago de Compostela’ -- without ever leaving his backyard -- Phil gets a clean scan and his doctors grant him a 'chemo holiday', or permission to miss one chemo treatment.  He now has 28 days to go and walk the ancient route in Spain.  Along the way he realizes his true pilgrimage is the one he travels within.

 

The “camino” of this film started and ended with the phrase “come walk with me.”

After a series of events that led to an invitation for filmmaker Annie O’Neil (co producer and featured pilgrim of Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago) to walk with Phil on Vashon Island, she was immediately captured by the way Phil lives with a transcending peace and quiet tenacity in the face of death. She sensed that his story was one that would inspire others to live a journey of meaning and gratitude. 

The pieces began falling in place during a trip to Chicago, when Jessica asked Annie if there was any advice she could offer for her filmmaking career. Answering Jessica's question with another question "Do you want firsthand experience?" brought Jessica to Phil's Camino. Joining Jessica on the journey, DP Todd and Co-Producer Rebecca were a dynamic trio of a team. Telling Phil's story has been an experience they will never forget and anticipate sharing with others through this short documentary film.

PHIL’S CAMINO - story of free spirit Phil, a man living with Stage 4 Cancer and dreaming of walking the 500 mile spiritual pilgrimage Camino de Santiago across Spain.  Unable to make the trip, he does the next best thing: he builds a camino in the forest behind his house on Vashon Island, starts to walk,  and traces his progress on a map.

This remarkable journey is one of hope, acceptance, and freedom, and is sure to inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of doing something that sounded impossible and has **WON 20** out of 25 Festivals.

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