Ever since the army introduced ice hockey in the northern Indian province of Ldakh, the sport has been dominated by boys and men. In 2005, girls and women decided that they also have the right to participate in the national ice hockey championship. A passionate and talented student named Dolkar makes it her mission to get a women’s team on the ice in the next championship. Kargil is Islamic, but the leaders there believe that Buddhists and Muslims are brothers, and allow a group of Muslim girls to go train with Dolkar’s team. Director Håkan Berthas filmed the progress of Dolkar and her team-mates in pleasant, unemphatic fly-on-the-wall style, leaving plenty of room for the beauty and wisdom of the Himalays and the girls spontaneous personalities.
Håkan Berthas
Håkan Berthas, born in 1958, studied photography and film at the New York International Centre of Photography. He took a Master class in documentary film at Dramatic Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been working as a photographer for the past twenty years and has made many documentary films, to name a few: ‘Big Mike’ (2004), ‘Nabila’ (2003), ‘Swedish Sorcerers’ (2000), ‘Atom by Atom’ (1999), ‘Look at Me’ (1999), ‘Get a Life’ (1998).
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Thin Ice
Sweden
2006, 58', color, video
Directed by:
Håkan Berthas
Cinematography:
Ole Östen Tokle, Håkan Berthas
Edited by:
Stefan Sundlöf
Music:
‘Gisen’ Malmquist, Magnus Dahlberg, Conny Malmqvist, Robin af Ekenstam
Producer:
Fredrik Gertten
