Pasvik Folk High School in Norway provides a very special gap year education. Located in the far north, near the Russian border, it teaches arctic survival skills (bushcraft and hunting) and dog sledding (mushing). Jesus Camp directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady follow three teens across their ten-month enrollment. Nineteen-year-old Hege is getting over the death of her dad. Bjorn is “likeable but annoying,” in his own estimation, and finds it hard to keep friends. Romain, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, is painfully insecure. But it’s astonishing what bonding with huskies can do…
Folktales is an instant all-time favorite doc. Another doggie doc masterpiece. Another film that I think can and will change lives.
Alex Billington, FirstShowing.net
It’s beautiful to watch humanity’s best friends alleviate modern coming-of-age anxieties in troubled teens. The chilly Arctic climes make for an especially illuminating backdrop.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
With formal polish and deep compassion, it proves to be the most heartwarming film of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Nick Schager, Daily Beast
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
USA/Norway
2025
In English and Norwegian with English subtitles
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Credits
Executive Producer
Lisa Schejolaakin, Jeffrey Akin, Maiken Baird, Michael Bloom, Christine Connor, Ian Darling, Ryan Heller, Mary Lisio, Jenny Raskin, Regina K. Scully, Ian Stratford
Producer
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Kelsey Koenig
Co-Producer
Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Karianne Moe
Cinematography
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo, Tor Edvin Eliassen
Editor
Nathan Punwar
Original Music
T. Griffin
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