ICE GIRLS

DOCUMENTARY, 60 min

Ice Girls is about a triangular relationship within the microcosm of figure skating, a world of pressure, competition and projection.
Lisa, who defines herself in terms of her sport, is plagued by adolescent self-doubt while her younger sister, Sophie, seems able to achieve all things with ease. Their mother, driven on by her own unfulfilled dreams, attempts to abet her elder daughter by assisting and indulging her. But the more she tries to help, the worse she seems to fail.
Observations of a fragile, interwoven relationships whose protagonists repel without release and attract without growing Close.

DIRECTOR  Lin Sternal // PRODUCED BY  Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Filmtank GmbH, SWR – Junger Dokumentarfilm // PRODUCER  Thomas Tielsch // LINE PRODUCER  Wolfgang Kerber, Jochen Dickbertel // CINEMATOGRAPHY  Julia Hönemann // FILM EDITOR  Katharina Fiedler // SOUNDDESIGN  Alex Rubin // SOUND MIX  David Rädler

Festivals

Visions du Réel in Nyon / Switzerland
Duisburger Filmwoche / Germany
Exposed Filmfestival / Germany