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Folktales: Full Cast & Crew 2025 Documentary
In Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's life-affirming documentary, 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 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, Ewing and Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world. Released: Jul 25, 2025 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Heidi Ewing Director, Producer Rachel Grady Director, Producer Maiken Baird Executive Producer Michael Bloom Executive Producer Christine Connor Executive Producer Ian Darling Executive Producer Ryan Heller Executive Producer Mary Lisio Executive Producer Jenny Raskin Executive Producer Nathan Punwar Film Editing, Film Editor T. Griffin Original Music Lisa Schejola Akin Executive Producer Jeffrey Akin Executive Producer Regina K. Scully Executive Producer Ian M. Stratford Executive Producer Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo Cinematographer