Folktales


This screening took place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 6:00 pmYukon Theatre

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.

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 Siberian huskies, they discover their own potential and develop deep relationships with the land, animals and humans around them. 

 

English and Norwegian with English Subtitles

“LYRICAL AND INTIMATE” - The New York Times

“BEGUILING AND TOUCHING” - The Wall Street Journal

“A WARM AND BIG-HEARTED CROWD PLEASER” -The Hollywood Reporter