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