Movie: Folktales

Saturday, Aug 23, 2025 at 1:00pm
The Historic Theater
28 Chestnut Street
603-433-3100

On the precipice of adulthood, three teenagers make the daring decision to leave the comforts of home to enroll in a traditional “folk high school” in 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 learns to face themselves for the first time – and experience an unexpected, often wondrous transformation. Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography, Academy Award®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.

2025 Sundance Film Festival
2025 San Francisco International Film Festival
2025 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
2025 AFS Doc Days Film Festival

NR, 105min, Norwegian w/ English subtitles

Tickets

$16 Adults
$14 Seniors 60+, Students/Children, & Military/Veteran/First Responder