A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS + RECORDED Q&A

This screening will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A (20min) with the father in the film, hosted by the BBC’s Rhiannon Dhillon. For more screenings, without a Q&A, please check showtimes here Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at the Sundance, A New Kind of Wilderness captures an intimate and soulful portrait of love, life, and growing up. Maria and Nik, together with their four children, embrace self-sufficiency, home-schooling and want to live off-grid in the Norwegian wilderness. However, when tragedy strikes and everything changes, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. This film also won the Documentary Competition Award at Seattle International Film Festival. “Beautiful, heart-wrenching and ultimately hopeful” Patrick Barkham, The Guardian “Affecting… (with) an aching emotional candor and continued visual beauty.” Guy Lodge, Variety “A real-life Captain Fantastic.” Weekly WilsonDocumentaryPT1H24M12A2025-05-16
Maria Gros Vatne
Nikolaus Ithell Payne
Freja Vatne Payne
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Mari Bakke Riise
A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS + RECORDED Q&A"A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS + RECORDED Q&A"

Showtimes

May 16, 3:00 pm

May 17, 3:00 pm

May 18, 3:00 pm

May 19, 5:50 pm

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