Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants

Portugal, France, UK / Animation / 14’ / HD / Color / 2022

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

Director: João Gonzalez

Script: João Gonzalez

Director of Photography: João Gonzalez

Producer: Bruno Caetano, Michaël Proença, João Gonzalez

Editing: João Gonzalez

Sound:  Ed Trousseau, Ricardo Real

Musician: João Gonzalez

Animation: João Gonzalez, Ala Nunu


CV

João Gonzalez (1996) is a Portuguese film director, animator, illustrator and a musician with classical training in piano.

Filmography

Nestor (2019)

The Voyager (2017)

Festivals Attended

Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week

Academy Awards

Toronto International Film Festival

SXSW Film Festival

European Film Awards

Chicago International Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival

DOK Leipzig

Ghent Film Festival

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Guadalajara International Film Festival

Awards

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize - Cannes Film Festival

Gold Hugo - Chicago International Film Festival

Best Animation Short Film - Melbourne International Film Festival

Silver Spike Short Film - Valladolid International Film Festival

International Rigo Mora Award - Guadalajara International Film Festival

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