CFFS 2018 – Cloudboy
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
About
(live action, in Dutch, Swedish and Sami with English subtitles)
Ages 9+
** West Coast premiere! **
Twelve-year-old city boy Niilas has been living with his father for as long as he can remember and barely knows his Swedish mother. This summer, Niilas has to travel to Lapland where his mother and her new family live amongst the Sami, an indigenous reindeer-herding people. Despite a warm welcome, Niilas retreats inwards. The only one who can get through to him is his half-sister Sunnà. The reindeer migration is fully underway and Niilas has to lend a helping hand. When a reindeer goes missing, Niilas joins in the search, and an impressive moose keeps crossing his path at the most unexpected moments. Gradually he discovers his roots, which prove to be stronger than he ever could have imagined.
Content advisory: deals with issues of divorce and attachment, scenes with animals being herded and sequences of slight danger.