Ice Merchants (SM)
An animated short Film by João Gonzales
Coproduction with COLA – Colectivo de Animação (Portugal) and WILD STREAM.
With the support of L’ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (Portugal)
Synopsis
“Every day, a man and his son descend from their vertiginous house, trapped at the top of a precipice. They move to the village located in the plain below, where they sell the ice they produce daily …”
Lenght : 14 Min
Format : 2k
Color
subgenre : Drame poétique
Theme : Environnement, poetrie, family
Language : no dialogue
Script by : João Gonzalez
Director : João Gonzalez
Art Direction : João Gonzalez
Animation : João Gonzalez, Ala Nunu
Backgrounds : João Gonzalez
Sound Design and Mixing : Ed Trousseau
Sound Engineer : Ricardo Real
Assistant Sound Engineer : Joana Rodrigues
Original Soundtrack | Music Composition : João Gonzalez
Orquestration | Conductor : Nuno Lobo
Musicians : Miguel Teixeira (Cello), Joana Silva (Viola), Nelson Cruzeiro (Viola), Pedro Levandeira (Double Bass), André Gamelas (Violin), Tiago Moreira (Violin), João Gonzalez (Piano, Synths)
Coloring : Jakub Kaczmarek, Hugo Sequeira, Luís Vital, Alicja Grotuz, Bartosz Zarcycki, Lucie Andouche, Louise Hullin, Owen Barioz, Romy Matar, João Monteiro, João Gonzalez
Editing : João Gonzalez
Clouds FX : Vier Nev
Additional Animation : Lewis Heriz
Accounting : António Selas
Production’s assistant : Romain Julmann
Producer : Bruno Caetano
Co-Producer : Michael Proença
With the Support: ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Républica Portuguesa
A COLA (PT), Wildstream (FR) and Royal College of Art (UK) Co-Production
Thanks to :
XCUT
Festivals :
Rewards
La semaine de la critique, France, 2022, World Premiere, Prix Découverte Leitz Cine du court métrage
Curtas de Vila do conde, Portugal, 2022, Portugal premiere, Best National Animation + Public Award
FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara Ganadores, Mexico, 2022, Mexican Premire, Premio Internacional Rigo Mora
Selections
Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2022
Dok Leipzig Film Festival, Germany, German Premiere,
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland, 2022, Irish Premiere,
Ghent film Festival, Belgium, 2022, Belgian Premiere,
Helsinki film Festival, Finland, 2022, Finnish premiere,
Imaginaria Film Festival, Italy, 2022
Melbourne International Film Festival, Austalie , 2022, Australian National premiere,
Motovun film Festival, Croatia,, 2022 national premiere,
Taichang Film Festival, Taiwan,, 2022 national premiere,
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania,, 2022 national premiere,
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, 2022
Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris, Lithuania,, 2022 national premiere,
