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Free Solo

2018 film by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Movie film Q58814632
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Summary

Free Solo is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,390 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3]
  • Director: Jimmy Chin[4], Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi[5]
  • Composer: Marco Beltrami[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7]
  • Producer: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi[8], Jimmy Chin[9], Shannon Dill[10]
  • Depicts: Freerider[11]
  • Production company: National Geographic Society[12]
  • Director of photography: Jimmy Chin[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[15]
  • Review score: 97%[16], 8.2/10[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: December 14, 2018[19], January 10, 2019[20], November 18, 2018[21], November 9, 2018[22], November 3, 2018[23], October 25, 2018[24], October 12, 2018[25], October 8, 2018[26], September 27, 2018[27], September 14, 2018[28], September 9, 2018[29], August 31, 2018[30], March 21, 2019[31]
  • Distributed by: National Geographic Society[32], Hulu[33], Disney+[34]
  • Narrative location: California[35], El Capitan[36]
  • Official website: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/[37]
  • Filming location: California[38]
  • Main subject: free solo climbing[39], Freerider[40]
  • Film editor: Bob Eisenhardt[41]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[42]
  • Title: Free Solo[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[44]
  • Duration: 96 minutes[45]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[46]
  • EIRIN film rating: G[47]

Why It Matters

Free Solo has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

FAQs

What awards did Free Solo receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3].

Related Entities

Alex Honnold California film Marco Beltrami United States

References

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  42. [44] ↑ . spio-fsk.de. Retrieved . spio-fsk.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . eirin.jp. Retrieved . eirin.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', '
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 161806
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  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2018-12-14T00:00:00Z, +2018-12-14T00:00:00Z, +2019-01-10T00:00:00Z +11
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Nominated for → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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