• Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE, MEDIEN KONTOR Movie GMBH, GEOLINO

  • Territories:

    Worldwide (except Belgium, Switzerland and Germany).

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Every August on the Russian polar peninsula of Yamal, children of the reindeer shepherds await a helicopter that will bring them to school after the summer holidays.

600 nomad children from the indigenous people of the Nenet live and learn the main part of the year separated from their parents. So does the 5 year old Katja who- for the first time in her life- will be away from her parents for several months. Boarding school will be a new phase of life for her. 12 year old Pawel already knows life away from his family. He will join 6th grade this year and would like to be a pilot when he is grown up. Geolino visits the children after summer holidays, when they change their nomadic life against boarding school in the city.