Melting Dreams

by Haidy Kancler

Smučarske sanje, 2022, documentary, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), c, 83 min
Finished

SI, AT, FI

In Bamyan, Afghanistan, three local girls trained by Ana, an instructor from Slovenia, dream of becoming professional skiers and compete at the Olympics. But when they arrive in Europe for intensive training, they face an unbridgeable cultural gap and the relentless reality of Europe’s professional sport.

screenwriters
Haidy Kancler, Iza Strehar, Boštjan Virc
director
Haidy Kancler
producers
Boštjan Virc, Ari Matikainen, Sabine Gruber, Peter Drossler
director of photography
Heini Mäntylä
music composer
Victor Gangl
film editors
Matthias Gugler, Haidy Kancler
sound designers
Julij Zornik, Samo Jurca

production
Studio Virc
co-production
Flair Film, Kinocompany, RTV Slovenija
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Austrian Film Institute, FISA Austria, Cine Tirol Film Commission, Finnish Film Foundation, YLE Finland, Al Jazeera
distribution
Cat & Docs

STUDIO VIRC
www.studio-virc.com

Boštjan Virc
bostjan@studio-virc.si

The freelance film director Haidy Kancler (aka Maja Senekovič, 1982) graduated from the University of Media and Communication Arts in Maribor. After her first documentary High on life! (2009), she has predominantly worked in the documentary genre, embarking on a most eclectic journey through different countries, cultures, languages and professions, combining fiction, music videos, sports… Kancler’s filmography includes the following documentaries – Cheese With 7 Rinds (2017, short), The Deepest Man in a Swimsuit (2016), Rudolf the 4th of Habsburg – Short Tale (2015, short), Tidldibab (2015, short), Silent Victory (2015).