In this life-affirming documentary by Oscar-winning filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp), teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway where they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.
In Norse mythology, the three "Norns" are powerful deities who weave the threads of fate and shape humans' futures. Today, Pasvik Folk High School in northern Norway aims to produce a similar life-changing effect on its students. Folktales tells the timely and heartwarming story of teenagers who choose to spend an unconventional "gap year" learning to dogsled and survive the Arctic wilderness, in hopes of finding connection and meaning in the modern world.
Guided by patient teachers and a yard full of heroic Alaskan huskies, they discover their own potential and develop deep relationships with the land, animals and humans around them. Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography, Ewing and Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.
Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Norway, United States | Norwegian, English | 2025 | Documentary | 105 minutes | NR
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