2024 | 84 mins | Norway

Showing Times

• Fri 23 May 11:00 AM*
• Sat 24 May 6:00 PM
• Sun 25 May 3:20 PM
• Tue 27 May 6:00 PM
• Wed 28 May 6:00 PM

*Baby Friendly Screening

For parents/carers with babies under 12 months. The volume is reduced and the lights are on-low so you can enjoy a safe and relaxed show with you baby.

We provide a buggy park and nappy changing facilities.

In this Sundance-selected documentary, Englishman Nik and his Norwegian wife Maria attempt to forge a new life on a farm in her homeland’s lush woodlands. Their goal is to live sustainably, putting as little strain upon the planet as possible.

But when the family suffers a tragedy, Nik’s resolve to continue on this singular mission is severely challenged and the ‘normal’ world comes knocking. Can they maintain some version of this idyll or is it a paradise out of reach?

Bearing comparison with the events of Captain Fantastic (2016) but played out with the complexities and inescapable truths of real life, A New Kind of Wilderness is not just a heartbreaking portrait of the endurance of a family, but also a breathtaking trip into the Norwegian wilderness.

The kind of unfolding, surprising, intimate and honest documentary portrait that can only emerge over years of hard-won access, A New Kind of Wilderness is for anyone who wants to (re)discover the power of family and think about different ways of striding this Earth.

BBFC Rating

Rated 12A – scene of animal killing and butchery