1892, St. Petersburg. Sasha, a young girl of Russian aristocracy, has always been fascinated by the adventurous life of her late grandfather, Olukine. He was a renowned explorer, designer of his splendid Arctic ship, the Davai, but never came back from his last expedition to conquer the North Pole.

Director Rémi Chayé served as an assistant on The Secret of Kells, and the work of its brilliant animation house Cartoon Saloon inspires this Arctic coming-of-age adventure. An ambitious blend of rousing action and artistic delicacy, Long Way North is a hand-crafted ode to imagination and endurance.