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On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice

The story of the Druze community in the Golan Heights—conquered in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981—is told through two characters from Majdal Shams: 19-year-old Aya, who dreams of joining Israel’s national hockey team and is willing to accept Israeli citizenship to achieve her goal, and her older uncle Ayoub, a journalist and farmer who identifies as Syrian and firmly rejects Israeli citizenship. Filmed overthe course of three years, the documentary explores the deep identity crisis of a lost community striving for a peaceful life on its ancestral land while caught in the grip of a turbulent fate.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem Film Festival 2025

Director: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod

Producer: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod

Cinematographer: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod, Amir Volensky

Editor: Michal Ranon

Soundtrack Editor: Ami Arad

Original Soundtrack: Alberto Shwartz

Supporter(s): Makan – the Arabic-language television channel of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Galilee Film Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

Distributor: PROVID Films & TV Productions

Film Name in Hebrew: קרח דק

The story of the Druze community in the Golan Heights—conquered in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981—is told through two characters from Majdal Shams: 19-year-old Aya, who dreams of joining Israel’s national hockey team and is willing to accept Israeli citizenship to achieve her goal, and her older uncle Ayoub, a journalist and farmer who identifies as Syrian and firmly rejects Israeli citizenship. Filmed overthe course of three years, the documentary explores the deep identity crisis of a lost community striving for a peaceful life on its ancestral land while caught in the grip of a turbulent fate.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem Film Festival 2025

 
On Thin Ice

Director: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod

Producer: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod

Cinematographer: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod, Amir Volensky

Editor: Michal Ranon

Soundtrack Editor: Ami Arad

Original Soundtrack: Alberto Shwartz

Supporter(s): Makan – the Arabic-language television channel of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Galilee Film Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

Distributor: PROVID Films & TV Productions

Film Name in Hebrew: קרח דק

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