Dance on Thin Ice

Dance on Thin Ice

2017 · 31 min · Drama, Fantasy

Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.

Directed by P.V. Lehtinen · Written by Jan Nåls

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Robin Wegelius Felix
Tolue Taheri Fakira
Chelaf Abdeslam Flygande Sultanen
Göran Schauman Onkel Tommen
Linda Zilliacus Mamma
Sampo Sarkola Pappa
Paul Olin Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 1
Stan Saanila Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 2
Jouko Puolanto Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 3
Mikko Forsström Clown 1
Tuukka Palonen Clown 2
Max Bremer Hallåman (voice)

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