ICE MERCHANTS
2022 Films
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14m
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.
Directed by: João Gonzalez
Written by: João Gonzalez
Produced by: Bruno Caetano, Michaël Proença
Cinematography: João Gonzalez
Editing: João Gonzalez
Animation: João Gonzalez, Ala Nunu
Sound: Ed Trousseau, Ricardo Real
Original Score: João Gonzalez
Original Title: ICE MERCHANTS
Original Languages: No dialogue
Film Production Countries: France, Portugal, United Kingdom
Website: http://agencia.curtas.pt/films/show/534
Biography of the Director/s
João Gonzalez (*1996) is a Portuguese film director, animator, illustrator, and a musician with classical training in piano. Recipient of a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he did a master's degree at the Royal College of Art (UK), after finishing his BA at ESMAD (Portugal). In these institutions he made 2 multi award-winning films, NESTOR and THE VOYAGER. In 2022, he became the first Portuguese animation filmmaker to be awarded at Festival de Cannes, winning the Jury Prize for Best Short film in competition at the Critics Week with ICE MERCHANTS.
He has a big interest in combining his musical background with his practice in authorial animation, always taking the role of composer and sometimes instrumentalist in the films he directs, occasionally setting them to a live performance.
Filmography of the Director/s
2019 - NESTOR, Short
2017 - THE VOYAGE, Short
Production Company:
COLA Animation
Bruno Caetano
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +351252646683
Website: https://colaanimation.com
World Sales:
AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency
Joaquim Pinheiro
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +351252646683
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