Ice Merchants
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022
João Gonzalez / Short Animation / Portugal, United Kingdom, France / 2022 / 15 min / Colour / In No Dialogue / (No Subtitles) subtitles
Rated: Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Synopsis
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their house attached to a cliff high in the cold mountains. They carry with them their precious cargo of ice that they produce by freezing water outside their sub-zero home. One day the temperature begins to creep above freezing leading to dire consequences for the family in this foreboding animation about climate change and its effects.
About the Director
João Gonzalez is a Portuguese director, animator, illustrator, and musician with a classical piano background. With a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he achieved his master’s degree at the Royal College Art (UK), after finishing his degree at ESMAD (PT). In these institutions, he directed two films, 'Nestor' and 'The Voyager', that together received more than 20 national and international awards, as well as more than 130 official selections in film festivals around the world.
Credits
- Director
- João Gonzalez
- Screenwriter
- João Gonzalez
- Producer
- Bruno Caetano
- Co-Producer
- Michaël Proença
- Editor
- João Gonzalez
- Sound
- Ed Trousseau, Ricardo Real, Joana Rodrigues
- Mixing
- Ed Trousseau
- Music
- João Gonzalez
- Distributor
- Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency