Sketches on Ice

Esquisses sur glace

6–10
dir. Marion Auvin
France, Belgium 2025 / 4’
no dialogue

It’s snowing outside, so it’s time to build a snowman! Lou and Marius enthusiastically work on their snowy creation, but their mum interrupts them and calls them back inside: there are chores to be done.

Lou gets on with her homework, while Marius starts practising the clarinet. Looking out of the window, he notices something amazing: the snowman they built just moments earlier has started moving to the rhythm of his music!

When Lou joins Marius with her glockenspiel, their snowy friend dances with growing confidence, and an ordinary winter afternoon turns into a little musical spectacle.

Screened alongside The Boy at the Edge of the World.

Did you know that…
…the film’s director, Marion Auvin, is known for creating animations inspired by movement, dance, and music? In her films, characters often express their emotions not through words, but through gesture, rhythm, and movement.

Creators

Director
Marion Auvin
Screenplay
Marion Auvin
Music
Pierre Oberkampf
Producers
Arnaud Demuynck
Production
Les Films du Nord, La Boîte Productions
Original language
no dialogue