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Academy Award® nominated 'ICE MERCHANTS' now streaming from The New Yorker Studios

 





Academy Award
® nominated


'ICE MERCHANTS'

Director João Gonzalez's Cannes winner is the year's most award-winning animated short film*

Now streaming from The New Yorker Studios

Opens in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada
starting Friday, February 17th



"GRIPPING AND POIGNANT."
"The visual style is beautiful...brilliant."
– Ben Nicholson, The Film Verdict

"A TRIUMPH."
"The craft here is outstanding and the result is a delight."
– Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film

Nominee – 95th Academy Awards® – Best Animated Short Film – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
Nominee – Best Short Subject – 50th Annie Awards
Nominee – European Film Awards – Best Short

Film Festival Awards (Highlights)
• *Winner of 9 Oscar® Qualifying Awards
• Winner - Cannes’ Critics’ Week Prize For Short Film (Leitz Cine Discovery Prize)
• Winner - Gold Hugo for Animated Short Film Competition at the 2022 Chicago International Film Festival
• Winner - Best Animated Short Film Competition at the 2022 BendFilm Festival
• Winner - Best Animated Short Film - 2022 Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Synopsis
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.
 
 
Credits
'ICE MERCHANTS' is produced by COLA Animation


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