Blink

Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher

2024

When three of their four children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment, the Pelletier family’s world changes forever. In the face of this life-altering news, Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier and their children set out on a journey around the world to experience all its beauty while they still can. As they fill their memories with breathtaking destinations and once-in-a-lifetime encounters, the family’s love, resilience and unshakeable sense of wonder ensure that their uncertain future does not define their present.

CREDITS

National Geographic Documentary Films Presents

In Association with

MRC

A Fishbowl Films Production

In Association with

EYESTEELFILM

Directed by

Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher

Produced by

Melanie Miller, p.g.a, Diane Becker, p.g.a.

Edited by

Ryan Mullins, Miranda Yousef, ACE

Executive Producers

Amit Dey, Bob Moore

Executive Producer

Carolyn Bernstein

Director of Photography

Jean-Sébastien Francoeur

Co-Produced by

Ann Rogers, Christina Radburn

Music by

Tamar- Kali

AWARDS

News and Documentary Emmys - Best Editing (2025)

Golden Trailer Awards - Winner Best Documentary (Feature Film) Subject (2025)

Golden Trailer Awards - Best Documentary TV Spot (2025)

Golden Trailer Awards - Nominee Best Music (2025)

Golden Trailer Awards - Nominee Best Music TV Spot (2025)

Cinema for Peace Awards - Nominee Most Valuable Documentary of the Year (2025)

Heartland International Film Festival - Winner Audience Choice Award (2024)

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Nominee Best Science/Nature Documentary (2024)

PRESS

❛ Life comes at you fast, after all, and “Blink” reminds us to look at each day as if it might be the last. ❜

— Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

❛ More than anything, “Blink” succeeds as a film about the lengths that parents will go to give their children every possible ounce of joy in an indifferent world that too often has cruel other plans for them. ❜

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire

❛ We’ve all seen breathtaking footage of the natural world before... but the eye-level footage of the children playing together, wrestling and fighting and engaging with imaginary worlds of their own devising feels fresh. ❜

— Catherine Bray, Variety