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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
Category: Borders and Periphery / Ethnicity / History / Human Rights / Identity / Israeli Society / Minorities
Tag Words: 1981 community Druze fate Golan Heights hockey team identity crisis Israel land Majdal Shams peace Syria
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
Category: Borders and Periphery / Ethnicity / History / Human Rights / Identity / Israeli Society / Minorities
Tag Words: 1981 community Druze fate Golan Heights hockey team identity crisis Israel land Majdal Shams peace Syria
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Documentary / 14 Min. / Student / Experimental
Director: Shani Cohen


With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council