LOST IN THE JUNGLE

LOST IN THE JUNGLE

Year: 2025
Directed by: Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Juan Camilo Cruz
Production: Little Monster Films, Lightbox, Pacha Films, Demolition Films
Distribution: National Geographic Documentary Films

Synopsis:

This feature documentary recounts the extraordinary survival story of four Indigenous children—ranging in age from 11 months to 13 years—who endured 40 days alone in the Colombian Amazon after their small plane crashed, killing their mother. Drawing on their deep knowledge of the jungle, they fought to stay alive while a vast and urgent national rescue operation unfolded. Directors Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, and Juan Camilo Cruz gained exclusive access to the children—Lesly and Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, and Tien and Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy—offering a gripping, intimate account of resilience, ancestral wisdom, and the power of hope.