Ice Mother

"Performances are at least as meaty as the torsos of the well-padded ice swimmers"

Screen
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Bohdan Sláma
  • Czech Republic 2017
  • 106 minutes
  • Czech
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Hana lives alone in a big villa with only weekly visits from her two sons and their families to look forward to. These awkward dinners are a family tradition no one dares change so Hana continues, locked in her routine, until one day, while on a stroll with her grandson, she happens to rescue Brona, an affable ice swimmer from drowning.

Bohdan Sláma’s bittersweet December romance won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2017 Tribeca Festival.

Filmography: Country Teacher (2008), Something Like Happiness (2005), Wild Bees (2001).


  • Director Bohdan Sláma
  • Production Pavel Strnad, Petr Oukropec
  • Script Bohdan Sláma
  • Cinematography Diviš Marek
  • Editing Jan Daňhel
  • Music Marek Piaček
  • Festivals Tribeca (Best Screenplay Award), Karlovy Vary
  • Actors Zuzana Kronerová, Pavel Nový,Daniel Vízek,Václav Neužil
  • Source The Match Factory, Cologne