Ice Merchants
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Critics' Week Short Film Competition - World premiere
Academy Awards 2023 - Best Short Film (Animated) - Nomination
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 14 min
- Director
-
João Gonzalez
- Producer
- Bruno Caetano, Michael Proenca
- Editor
- João Gonzalez
- Screenwriter
- João Gonzalez
- Director of Photography
- João Gonzalez
- Sound
- Ed Trousseau, Ricardo Real, Joana Rodrigues
- Composer
- João Gonzalez, Nuno Lobo
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
PT, UK, FR co-production
COLA - Coletivo Audiovisual (PT), Wildstream (FR), Royal College of Art (UK)
Royal College of Art
Animation DepartmentKensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
Sales Company
Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency
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