High in the harsh Ladakh Himalayas, young Tashi dreams of playing ice hockey on frozen natural rinks while waiting winter after winter for her parents' return — a tender story of friendship, resistance, and the shared joy of playing.
Feature · 85 min · Gala Premiere
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- Cameo Films
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- Feature · 85 min
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- Gala Premiere
Winters come and go. Tashi keeps waiting.
Birds on Ice follows Tashi, a young Ladakhi girl, living with her grandfather as they wait winter after winter for Tashi’s parents to return from grazing their animals. As they hang on their last shreds of hope, little Tashi dreams of playing Ice hockey in the harsh yet breathtaking natural rinks of the Ladakh Himalayas. However, grief, adversity and the harsh winter make this hard to achieve.
Ultimately, it’s a story of friendship, of resistance, of the innocence that exists in relationships and the shared joy of playing.
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