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- 2022 · Adventure · 14m
United Kingdom. France. Ice Merchants is a 2022 animated short film directed by João Gonzalez. [1] The 14-minute short about family love is the first ever Portuguese animation to be awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, [2] where it premiered as part of the 2022 Critics' Week ( Semaine de la Critique ). [3]
- Bruno Caetano, Michael Proença
- João Gonzalez
- Cola, Wild Stream
- João Gonzalez
Jan 4, 2023 · Film by João Gonzalez. Text by Douglas Watson. January 4, 2023. João Gonzalez’s animated short film “Ice Merchants,” which won a prize at last year’s Cannes Critics’ Week and is short-listed...
Feb 16, 2023 · Animation Short Drama. 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. Writer. João Gonzalez.
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- Animation, Short, Drama
- João Gonzalez
- 2023-02-16
Jan 4, 2023 · Nominated for Best Animated Short Film. The director and composer João Gonzalez’s imaginative animated film showcases a father and son’s daring ice-delivery method, set to a riveting score.
- Condé Nast
- 15 min
Jan 17, 2023 · João Gonzalez directs Ice Merchants, one of the 15 2023 Academy Awards Best Animated Short Film finalists. It’s about a father and son who live in a house on the edge of a cliff. Each day, they dive way, way down, providing ice to townspeople. Their lives are exciting… and quite dangerous.
