Featuring an in-person Q&A with director Rachel Grady moderated by award-winning documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown.

From award-winning filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (12TH & DELAWARE) comes a stunning coming-of-age story from the global North. Three Gen Z teenagers struggling with modern pressures enroll in Pasvik Folkehøgskole, a folk school in northern Norway that instructs young people in cultural heritage and traditional living in northern Scandinavia, including outdoor survival skills. Over the course of a year, Hege, Romain and Bjorn Tore leave their screens behind to bond with their sled dogs and learn to rely on themselves and each other for their most basic needs. Ewing and Grady capture the beauty of this moment in time with three remarkable young people and the special school that changes the course of their lives. 

DOC DAYS FESTIVAL PASSES
Purchase an AFS Doc Days pass for tickets to all 10 Doc Days screenings, taking place Thursday, May 1–Sunday, May 4, and receive 15% off the full ticket purchase price. AFS Members receive additional discounts on passes and individual tickets. The Doc Days pass includes one ticket to each Doc Days film screening and the opening night reception.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.