Parks Canada’s short film Through Ice and Time won the Best Alberta Short Film–Documentary award in the Edmonton International Film Festival last week.
During the festival, Parks Canada’s Media Projects Coordinator, Sean Nardella (who, along with Jasper’s Product Development Officer Rogier Gruys, led the production of the film), was on hand to present the film and answer audience and media questions.
The completed film is part of a larger $3 million investment in the Columbia Icefields Centre, and was commissioned by the Jasper Field Unit to be permanently installed in the new Glacier Gallery. It was written and directed by acclaimed Hollywood cinematographer, Alar Kivilo.
Through Ice and Time is a poetic documentary of Jasper National Park’s Columbia Icefield, which uses music and imagery, rather than dialogue, to connect international viewers to the Icefields and its surrounding natural beauty. Its abstract story structure and stunning cinematography has been called “gob-smackingly beautiful” and “a love letter to Canada’s wild places” by international film festival judges.
This is the third international award for Through Ice and Time. It also won Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Best Photography at the Matsalu International Wildlife Film Festival, and was an official selection of the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival, and the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival.
It was also screened at our very own Jasper Short Film Festival last month and was a runner-up for the People’s Choice award.
Where can you see this film?
Check it out next spring in the brand new Glacier Gallery in the recently upgraded Icefields Centre.
So make your way down the Parkway next spring; bring the kids, take a walk on the wildlife trail to the centre, and see our local celebrities (Edi Klopfenstein, Sean Elliot, Dana Ruddy, Dylan Skinner, Nico Magnan, Wyatt Bell and Erika Whitty) on the big screen!
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