Folktales

dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady/USA, Norway/2025/105 min.

Exhausted by loneliness, social anxiety and the crushing pressures felt by Gen Z, three teenagers make the daring decision to leave the comforts of home to enroll in a traditional folk high school in the wilds of northern Norway. Dropped in the arctic wilderness for one year, Hege, Romain, and Bjørn Tore must rely on themselves and a pack of loyal sled dogs as they take the daunting step from childhood to adulthood. Freed of technology, social media and the noise of modern life this brave trio learn to face themselves for the first time - and experience an unexpected, wondrous transformation.

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projection time:

105 min.
country/year:

USA, Norway /2025
director:

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
original language of the film:

English, Norwegian
pictures:

Lars Erland Tubaas Øymo, Tor Edvin Eliassen
editor:

Nathan Pulwar
production:

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady / Loki Films
festivals and awards:

2025 – Sundance FF, 2025 – Thessaloniki IFF, 2025 – Trondheim IFF

sections:

Places
competitions:

Warsaw Documentary Award ETNOMATOGRAF Award The Mayor of Katowice Award for Innovative View of the World
tags:

growing up education friendship nature psychology relations