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MELTING DREAMS

By Haidy KANCLER

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Documentary - Completed 2022

Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki Doc Fest 2022

Newcomers Competition

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- SLOVENIA, AUSTRIA, FINLAND
- Duration
- 83 mn
- Director(s)
- Haidy KANCLER
- Producer(s)
- Bostjan VIRC (STUDIO VIRC)
- Synopsis
- In Bamyan, Afghanistan, Zakia (25), Fatima(21) and Fariba (16) dream of becoming professional skiers and representing Afghanistan at the Olympic Games. When their European ski trainer Ana (30) announces they can go to Europe to train extensively and become licensed ski instructors, they seem one step closer to achieving their dreams.
  The girls prepare for their trip, dedicating all their efforts to it for two years.
  But when they finally arrive in Europe, they immediately face insurmountable cultural differences and the harsh standards of European professional sports.
  What begins as an opportunity to follow their dreams turns into an unpredictable and emotional rollercoaster with high-stakes consequences. The girls dreams are universal and easy to identify with, while their culture is much more complex and often difficult to understand from other perspectives. While the film does not judge or take sides, it offers observational insights into an emotional and unpredictable journey of melting dreams.