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Catalogue Number:  KIN002
Producer:  KinoSmith Inc.
Subject:  Documentary, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Sciences
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Norway
Copyright Year:  2025
Running Time:  105:40


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Exhausted by loneliness, social anxiety, and all the crushing barrage of pressures felt by their generation, three teenagers leave the comforts of home to enroll in a traditional “folk high school” in the wilds of northernmost Norway. Dropped in the arctic wilderness for one year, Hege, Romain, and Bjørn Tore must rely only on themselves and a pack of loyal sled dogs as they take the daunting step from childhood to adulthood. Freed from technology, social media, and the noise of modern life, this brave trio learns to face themselves for the first time and experience an unexpected transformation.

Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography, Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.

Film is narrated in both English and Norwegian (with English subtitles). 

 

Nominated:
2025 - Critics' Choice Documentary Award
2025 - Best Documentary at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival


“A warm-hearted crowd pleaser.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Beguiling and touching.” – The Wall Street Journal

“Lyrical and intimate.” – The New York Times


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