Shot entirely on location across Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail, The North follows two friends in their early thirties who reunite after a decade apart to undertake the grueling 330-mile journey. Chris (Bart Harder), a Dutchman, and Lluis (Carles Pulido), a Spaniard, navigate Scotland’s lush but unpredictable terrain and the emotional challenges of reconnecting, embarking on a journey filled with overwhelming natural beauty, unexpected epiphanies and life-changing self-discovery.
The filmmakers and cast immersed themselves in the experience to make the film. Director Bart Schrijver took his small team onto the trails, carrying their equipment and supplies and sleeping outdoors along the way.
Without lighting equipment and with fewer than six cast and crew on the trail at any given time, the production had the freedom to adapt to the journey as it unfolded.
They shot chronologically, with Schrijver rewriting scenes at night based on what they had encountered that day, allowing the weather, terrain and physical realities of the journey to shape the story.
That immersive quality extends to the film’s sound design.
With no traditional musical score, The North relies on the natural sounds of the trail, including wind, rain, wildlife and footsteps, to place audiences alongside its characters.
MHOTC readers can enter to win reserved seats on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the Cinemark Century Boulder theater, which will include a reception with food and drink at the Fjällräven Boulder store immediately following the screening.
Writer/director Bart Schrijver, and the two lead actors, Bart Harder and Carles Pulido, will also be in attendance!
To enter: Go here and fill out the form.
Watch the movie trailer here:
Winners will receive a confirmation email by Monday, October 5.
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