INTERFILM 41 International Short Film Festival Berlin
4 - 9 November 2025

Ice Merchants
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Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants

João Gonzalez // Portugal, France, United Kingdom // 2022 // 14:00 min

Animation

Synopsis:

Every day, a father and son parachute down from their chilly house, vertiginously attached to a cliff, to reach the village far down below on the ground and sell the ice they produce on a daily basis.

[Content Note: Death or dying, Suicide]

Animation: Ala Nunu, João Gonzalez

Screenplay: João Gonzalez

Score: Nuno Lobo, João Gonzalez

Producer: (Royal College of Art), , (Wildstream), Bruno Caetano, Michaël Proença, João Gonzalez

Director: João Gonzalez

Sales Agent: (Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency)

Editor: João Gonzalez

Sound Design: Ed Trousseau

Distribution: Joaquim Pinheiro

Director of Photography: João Gonzalez

The film is shown in the following programs

SPECIALS

PORT 02 Portuguese Short Film Agency - Animation

06.11.25, 20:30h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt

09.11.25, 18:00h, ACUDkino