Friday, July 25- Saturday, July 26 at 7:00 p.m.: Q&As with directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady after the show
Sunday, July 27 at 1:40 p.m.: Q&A with directors Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady after the show
Wednesday, August 6 at 7:10 p.m.: Q&A with director Heidi Ewing moderated by Tomris Laffly after the show
Tuesday, August 12 at 5:00 p.m.: Q&A with director Rachel Grady after the show
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 dog sled 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, Academy Award®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Oscar®-nominated JESUS CAMP) examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.
Official selection: Sundance