Ice

a film by Anna Hints

SYNOPSIS
Harri is a lieutenant colonel in the Estonian army. Divorced, he only sees his 10-year old son during school holidays. Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island. Missing the last ferry, Harri decides to take a local ice road over the frozen sea.

BIOGRAPHY
Anna Hints (1982)
Anna Hints is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and folk singer. She has studied literature and folklore in Tartu University and graduated from the Tartu Art College in photography and from the Baltic Film and Media School in film directing. She has been active in contemporary art scene. Her student film “Free World” has brought her Kaljo Kiisa named Young Filmmaker Award and Grand Prix in national short film section of Black Nights Film Festival. Currently she is developing her debut feature fiction and feature documentary films. She’s also a singer for the Estonian electronic-folk female trio Eeter and Estonian-Indian collective Naad Võim.
"Ice" is her debut short fiction.

Awards & Festivals

Regional Committee Award - First Short Film Festival of Pontault-Combault (France)
Best International Film - International Festival of Winter Cinema (Edmonton, Canada)
Best Cinematography - West Nordic International film festival (Alesund, Norway)
Best International Short Film - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Flor Azul (Bueno Aires, Argentina)
Critics Award - Les Enfants terribles Festival (Huy, Belgium)
Jury’s Coup de Coeur Award - 24 Short Film Festival (Texas, USA)
Best Short Film in extralarge section - Dieciminuti Film Festival (Ceccano, Italy)
Best Soundtrack - Dieciminuti Film Festival (Ceccano, Italy)
Best Short Film - Estonian Film and TV Award (EFTA) (Tallinn, Estonia)
Best Cinematography - Short to the Point (Bucarest, Romania)
Best Fiction Short - Redline International Film Festival (Toronto, England)
Best International Film - 1st Nagaon International Short Film Festival (India)
Best Director - Madrid Indie Film Festival (Spain)
Best editing - Festival du Court-Métrage d’Auch (France)

In Competition

Busho Budapest Short (Hungary) - in competition
Split Film Festival (Croatia) - in competition
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Mexico (Mexico)- in competition
Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland) - in competition
Armagnac Short Film Festival (Pauilhac, France) - in competition
Schlingel International Festival (Chemnitz, Germany) - in competition
Kinofest Festival (Bucarest, Roumania) - in competition
Central and Eastern European Film Festival (Luxembourg, France) - in competition
C’est Trop Court Festival (Nice, France) - in competition
International Festival Paris Courts Devant (France)- in competition
Tous Courts Festival (Aix en Provence, France) - in competition
Mira Lincoln - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes (Lincoln, Argentina) - in competition
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania) - in competition
Leon International Film Festival (Mexico) - in competition
PÖFF Shorts (Telliskivi, Estonia) - in competition
Riga International Film Festival (Latvia) - in competition
TAFIC - Festival Internacional de Cine de Tapiales (Bueno Aires, Argentina) - in competition
Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs (Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France) - in competition
Snowtown Film Festival (Watertown, USA) - in competition
Mumbai International Film Festival - MIFF (Mumbai,India) - in competition
Rencontres du Cinéma Européen de Vannes (France) - in competition
Malatesta Short Film Festival (Carducci, Italy) - in competition
Même pas peur International Fantastic Film Festival of Reunion Island - in competition (Reunion Island, France)
Cortisonici International Short Film Festival (Varese, Italy) - in competition
European Film Festival of Lille (France) - in compétition
International Short Fiction de Cine de Lebu (Santiago, Chili) - in competition
ClujShorts Film Festival (Cluj, Roumania)- in competition
Luxfilmfest (Luxembourg) - in competition
Equinox Film Festival (Palmer, Alaska) - in competition
Nevada Women’s Film Festival (Las Vegas, USA) - in competition
Busan International Short Film Festival (South Corea) - in competition
Mediawave Competition Film Festival (Komarom, Hungary) - in competition
Radio City Short Film Festival (Valencia, Spain) - in competition
Courtivore Short Film Festival (Mont Saint Aignan, France) - in competition
Skepto Film Festival (Cagilari, Italy) - in competition
Duhok International Film Festival (Irak) - in competition
Aubagne International Film Festival (France) - in competition
Festival Cinema de Menorca (Balears Island, Spain) - in competition
Mostra Dr Mabuse (Trinitat Vella, Spain) - in competition
International Film Festival of Vébron (France) - in competition
International Film Festival of Contis (France) - in competition
Durban International Film Festival (South Africa) - in competition
Short to the Point (North Tatarasia, Romania) - in competition
Manlleu Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain) - in competition
Hidalgo international film festival (Mexico) - in competition
FICMUS, Festival Internacional de Cine de Montana de Ushuaia Shh (Argentina) - in competition
Taratsa International Film Festival (Greece) - in competition
International Amity Film Festival (Turkey) - in competition
Duhok International Film Festival (Iraq) - in competition
Festival Alhama Ciudad de Cine (Alhama, Spain) - in competition
Venice Film Week (Italy) - in competition
Adana Film Festival (Turkey) - in competition
Festival de Cine de Madrid (Spain) - in competition
Court en scène (Troyes, France) - in competition
Cinekid Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - in competition
Short Film Festival of Auch (France) - in competition
Festival de Cine en Corto Ciudad en Consuegra (Espagne) - in competition
Torremolinos International Fantastic Film Festival (Townsend, Spain) - in competition
Curtas Film Fest (Pontevedra, Spain) - in competition
Signs of the Night Paris (France) - in competition
Festival International de cine Icaro (Guatemala, Spain) - in competition
FICME (Medellín, Colombia) - in competition
Sao Tomé Festfilm (Portugal) - in competition
Daroca y prision Film Fest (Daroca, Spain) - in competition
Chacun son Court Festival (Strasbourg, France) - in competition
Festival International du Film de Nancy (France) - in competition
Kraljevski Festival (Serbia) - in competition
Signs of the Night Festival (Bangkok,Thailand) - in competition
Festival du Film de Fontenay-le-Comte (France) - in competition
Nordische Filmtage of Lübeck (Germany) - out of competition
Estonian Film Days (Berlin, Germany) - out of competition
Glasgow Estonian Festival (Scotland) - out of competition
Baltic Film Festival (New York, USA) - out of competition
Festival Corto Ciudad Real (Corto, Spain) - out of competition
Teknochat Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain) - in competition
MADRIFF - Madrid Indie Film Festival (Spain) - in competition
Festival International Del Cortometraje FIC - ESMI Contest (Argentina) - in competition
BUZZ IFF International Film Festival (Romania) - in competition
Stampa Festival (Italy) - in competition
Palencia Festival (Spain) - in competition
Goa Short Film Festival (India) - in competition
Ocean City Film Festival (USA) - in competition
Arctic Film Festival (Arctic) - in competition