Short film

Ice Merchants

2023 · 14 min

A quiet, hand-drawn fable of vertigo and tenderness, wordless yet deeply felt, that turns a daily ritual into a meditation on loss.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, whimsical and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, family, parenthood, survival
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
parenthood
survival
love
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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