FOLKTALES premieres at Sundance Film Festival at the Library Theater on January 25th, 2025, at 2:30pm.
Weary of the often crushing pressures felt by members of Gen Z, three teenagers make the daring decision to leave the comforts of home to enroll in the Pasvik Folkehøgskole in the wilds of northern Norway. Dropped in the arctic wilderness for one year, Hege, Romain, and Bjørn Tore must rely on themselves and a pack of loyal sled dogs as they take the daunting step from childhood to adulthood. Freed of technology, social media, and the noise of modern life, this brave trio learn to face themselves for the first time – and experience an unexpected, wondrous transformation.
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tor Edvin Eliassen
EDITOR: Nathan Punwar
SOUND RECORDING: Andreas Lindberg Svensson
COMPOSER: T. Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lisa Schejola Akin, Jeffrey Akin, Maiken Baird, Michael Bloom, Christine Connor, Ian Darling, Ryan Heller, Mary Lisio, Jenny Raskin, Regina K. Scully, Ian Stratford
CO-PRODUCERS: Kari Anne Moe, Gudmundur Gunnarson
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Isabela De Campos
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Victor Artesona
LINE PRODUCER – HEAD OF PRODUCTION: Christina Gonzalez
ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY: Blair French
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Francesca Strada
POST PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Nicole Ayr
FIELD PRODUCERS: Eilif Bremer Landsend, Espen Larsson, Andreas Rørslett
