Loki Films

Loki Films LOKI FILMS is a New York-based documentary film production company founded in 2001 by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. They are based in New York City.

In 2007 Ewing and Grady were nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for "Jesus Camp," a candid look at Pentecostal children in America. The film received a wide theatrical release by Magnolia Pictures and was broadcast in over 40 countries worldwide, including the A&E Network. In January 2010 Ewing and Grady premiered "12th & Delaware" in competition at the Sundance Film Festi

val. The movie, a collaboration with HBO, takes a quietly intense look at the raging abortion battle in America. The film won the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011. Ewing and Grady were recently part of an all-star team of filmmakers adapting the bestselling book "Freakonomics" into a feature-length documentary, which recently enjoyed a wide theatrical release. Previously, the directing team was nominated for an Emmy for "The Boys of Baraka," a film about preteens struggling to make it in Baltimore city. The film was winner of the NAACP Image Award and was distributed by ThinkFilm and broadcast on the prestigious POV series on PBS. Heidi and Rachel recently completed "DETROPIA," an arresting exploration of Detroit City and its struggle to transform itself into a new and innovative place. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2012, and won the Editing Award for Documentary. In their television work, LOKI FILMS has taken on a vivid array of subjects that include the inner workings of Scientology, the criminally insane, Saudi Arabian teenagers, the dissident movement in Cuba and the effort to rebuild New Orleans. The company's projects have been seen on a variety of networks including CBS, HBO, A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, MTV, CNN and Canal Plus. Ewing and Grady have been featured in Time Magazine as innovators of the documentary craft. Both are members of the Directors Guild of America as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

WOW! The American Society of Cinematographers has nominated our DPS Lars and Tor Edvin for Folktales Film. This is a HUG...
01/10/2026

WOW! The American Society of Cinematographers has nominated our DPS Lars and Tor Edvin for Folktales Film. This is a HUGE DEAL and we are so proud. Fuglene

https://theasc.com/news/2026-asc-awards-nominees-revealed?fbclid=IwY2xjawPPUzZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZVc-R5LvmMW0QXmbn6kyK5hgK0uj0-QhJrrrQTm0L0AOBxhA1BrC3zQAKUY_aem_7CiIWYkm5t4nHfj_FzwS7A

Among this year's ASC Award nominated productions are 'One Battle After Another,' 'Sinners,' 'Marty Supreme,' 'Frankenstein' and 'Train Dreams.'

Film lovers! Take a listen in to this wonderful and far-reaching conversation about the making of Folktales Film, betwee...
01/06/2026

Film lovers! Take a listen in to this wonderful and far-reaching conversation about the making of Folktales Film, between directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady with their colleague in Norway, director Benjamin Ree.

On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on onl...

We are thrilled to announce Folktales Film has been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 98th The Academy Aw...
12/16/2025

We are thrilled to announce Folktales Film has been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 98th The Academy Awards!

We're delighted to be on the list alongside some incredibly strong films this year and we couldn't be more excited.

A huge shout out and thank you to our amazing team and collaborators that made this film so special.

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12/05/2025

We’re delighted to announce is screening at the this weekend! 📣📣

Don’t miss your chance to catch it at the Argyros Theatre - showing at 2:00pm MST, Sunday December 7th.

Some beautiful coverage of Folktales Film this week ! The film opens in UK Theaters December 5!
11/26/2025

Some beautiful coverage of Folktales Film this week ! The film opens in UK Theaters December 5!

A new documentary from the makers of Jesus Camp follows the students enrolled at one of Norway’s 85 ‘folk high schools’. Can sledding and survival skills cure their social media-induced anxiety?

Sow beautiful coverage of FOLKTALES the past few days. First, The Guardian did an extensive article looking at the film ...
11/26/2025

Sow beautiful coverage of FOLKTALES the past few days. First, The Guardian did an extensive article looking at the film as a way to explore the folk hight school tradition, now at risk in some Scandinavian countries. Next, the LA Times asked us what shot the film couldn’t live without. The tree of life of course ! 🌳 Thanksgiving weekend is a great time to watch the film with your family. It’s available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV or if you are AMPAS it’s in the portal!

‘The Carman Family Deaths’ just reached number 1 film in the US on Netflix💥Check it out on  today!
11/20/2025

‘The Carman Family Deaths’ just reached number 1 film in the US on Netflix💥

Check it out on today!

11/04/2025

We’re so proud to have Executive Produced ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ documentary. Check it out on Nov 19th. Been working on it for a long time - can’t wait for the world to see it!

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