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 http://colaanimation.com/ice-merchants-by-joao-gonzalez/