SYNOPSIS Born from the DNA of a frozen ice age corpse, Catarina grows up incarcerated in an isolated palace, subject to experiments on human immortality conducted by FUTURE LIFE investigator Samuel.

A student named Joana, just Joana, falls madly in love with Miguel, an ice obsessed classmate, only to see him tragically ripped from her hands during an initiatic journey to a snowy mountaintop.

What can possibly unite Joana and Catarina?

How many lives are there in one life?

Is the end only the beginning of something else?

A father and son’s film.

TEASER www.fadofilmes.pt/gelo LUÍS GALVÃO TELES CO-DIRECTOR

Born December 4th, 1945. Law Degree in Lisbon, 1967. Film studies in Paris, 1968/70. Filmography: Almost 50 years of film career. Director. - Gelo Writer. Producer. Backbone of Fado Filmes, - Dot.Com (Nominated Best European Film founded in 1977 - more than 25 features by the Italian Foreign Press) produced. - Glamour - Fado Blues - The Bride Highlights: - Women (Elles) (Cinequest’ and Palm Director/writer: ELLES, with Miou-Miou, Spring’s Audience award, Hampton’s Marisa Berenson, Marthe Keller, Carmen Lifetime award, Pesaro’s Best Actress Maura, Guesch Patti, Joaquim de Almeida Marthe Keller) - Portrait of an Artist Producer: THE VIRGIN OF LUST by Arturo - Family Portrait Ripstein, FADOS by Carlos Saura, THE GREAT - Life Is Beautiful MYSTICAL CIRCUS by Carlos Diegues, with - Death On The Tagus Vincent Cassel, Catherine Mouchet, Jesuíta - The Match Girl Barbosa, Dawid Ogrodnik, Luísa Cruz - The Confederation(Figueira da Foz’ Great Just wrapped up GELO, co-directed with his Prize) son Gonçalo and starred by Ivana Baquero (PAN’S LABYRINTH). GONÇALO GALVÃO TELES CO-DIRECTOR

Born in 1973, Gonçalo Galvão Teles Tomorrow”, all as writer/director. Gonçalo graduated from the University of Lisbon has recently completed the feature film with a Law Degree before traveling to the “Gelo”, which he wrote and co-directed, United States to complete the Master starring Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth). Program in Screenwriting at the prestigious University of Southern California. Filmography: - Gelo His first produced screenplay, the - Mister X (Best Director, Portuguese Film animated short “The Suspicion”, went on Festival) to win the Cartoon D’Or for Best European - Before Tomorrow (Grand Prize, Animation of the year 2000. Since then, Mediterranean International Short Film Gonçalo has developed a career as writer, Festival; Best Short Film, Portuguese and producer of several , Festival) including the TV Features “Pythagorean - Over The Rainbow Theorem” (writer/director), “The Bride” - Pythagorean Theorem (co-director) and “Glory Game” (writer), - The Bride the feature films “Another Man’s Garden” - The Suspicion (Cartoon D’Or - Best and “The Last Flight of the Flamingo” European Animation 2000) (), and the short films “Over the Rainbow”, “Mr. X” and “Before IVANA BAQUERO LEAD ACTRESS

Ivana Baquero, born on June 11, 1994, is The “Anarchist’s Wife” is one of Baquero’s a Spanish actress. At the age of 11, she latest films, set in the unsettled time of the was chosen by director Civil War in . She plays the supporting to star as Ofelia in “Pan’s Labyrinth”, for role of Paloma, a 15-year-old girl. She which she won critical acclaim and the has most recently played the title role in Goya Award for Best New Actress. John Connolly’s horror film, “The New Daughter”, with , marking Baquero acted in a few small roles in a her first American role. number of films before receiving great acclaim on Pan’s Labyrinth. The most At the moment she is filming a new notable of these films is“Fragile” , in which MTV’s series, in New Zealend, called “The she played alongside and Shannara Chronicles”, set to premiere in Richard Roxburgh. She was in a number January 2016. of other films including “Romasanta” and “Rottweiler”. In the father and son’s film “Gelo” she plays the double female leading role. Baquero was picked to play the role of Ofelia in Pan’s Labyrinth in 2006. Guillermo Selective Filmography: Del Toro, the director of the film, said that ; Gelo; El Club when he first saw her with her curly hair de los Incomprendidos; Pan’s Labyrinth; and deep dark eyes, he knew instantly that Another Me; Fragile; The Anarchist’s Wife; she was perfect for the role. Rottweiler; Romasanta; The Red Virgin; The New Daughter AFONSO PIMENTEL LEAD ACTOR

Afonso Pimentel was born on August 4, Wellington” by Valeria Sarmiento. 1982. He had his acting début at the age of 14 in During this time, he has directed several “Adeus, Pai”, which brought him the Best TV series, institutional films and videoclips. Young Actor Award at the 1997 Moscow In 2011, he created with Rodrigo Saraiva International Film Festival. Since then, he “Núcleo Casulo”, a group whose goal is to has worked as an actor in cinema, television create, produce and develop contents and and theatre, winning other awards. ideas. “Pó” is their first brainchild. In 2014, he wrote and directed “Encontradouro” In 2007, for his role in “Coisa Ruim”, he for the DFH, wining the Portuguese Film won the Portuguese Golden Globe for Academy’s Sophia Award for Best Short Best Cinema Actor, as well as the Studio Film. Hamburg Shooting Stars Award at the Berlinale. In 2014, he was nominated for In “Gelo”, by L. and G. Galvão Teles, he the Sophia Award for Best Supporting Actor shares the leading roles with Ivana Baquero by the Portuguese Film Academy, and for and Albano Jerónimo. Best Actor at the Aquila awards. Selective Filmography: One of his most recent film roles was Pedro Gelo; Os Gatos Não Têm Vertigens; O da Silva in “Misteries of Lisbon” by Raúl Bairro; ; Misteries of Ruiz. He also played Zé Maria in “Lines Of Lisbon; Coisa Ruim; Kiss Me ALBANO JERÓNIMO LEAD ACTOR

Born in 1979. He took the Actor’s Training Aguilar, Pedro Varela, Miguel Gaudêncio, Course at Lisbon’s ESTC – Theatre and Film Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Solveig Nordlund, College. Vicente Alves do Ó, Valeria Sarmiento, Henrique Pina, Christian von Castelberg, In Theatre, he has worked with the following Luis Galvão Teles, Jonas Rothlaender, Caca directors: Luís Fonseca, Ricardo Gageiro, Diegues, and Scott Douglas, among others. Fernanda Lapa, Cristina Carvalhal, Diogo Infante, João Mota, Isabel Medina, John In Television, he has acted in several series Retallack, Tiago Guedes, Nuno Carinhas, and soap series. Recently, he took classes Ricardo Pais, Nuno M. Cardoso, Rui Mendes, with Anatholy Praudin, Robert Castle, Beatriz Batarda, Cláudia Lucas Chéu, Thomas Richards, Polina Klimovitskaya and Nuno Cardoso, Jorge Andrade, Mickael de Lais Correa. Oliveira, and John Romão, among others. Selective Filmography: In Cinema, he has worked with the following The Great Mystical Circus; Gelo; Florbela; directors: Luís Fonseca, José Fonseca e Costa, Lines of Wellington; Assim Assim; The Raúl Ruiz, Sérgio Graciano, Marco Martins, Death of Carlos Gardel; Mysteries of Francisco Manso, José Farinha, Sandro Lisbon; How to Draw a Perfect Circle ACTRESS

Born in San Fernando, Cádiz. Daughter of On returning to Madrid, she started out in the actor Ismael Abellán and of the writer the world of cinema by the hand of Imanol Ana Rossetti. Uribe, with the film “Dias Contados” for which she was awarded the Goya for Best She made her début at the age of 5, in TV Actress Revelation (1995), the Best Actress series such as “La Cometa Blanca” and Revelation Award of the Actors’ Union, the “Barrio Sésamo” (Sesame Street). Took Ondas Award, the Ojo Crítico Award, and her BA in the USA, where she attended Best Actress in the Courmayeur Noir Film the American School of Dramatic Arts, Festival. This definitely launched her career Pasadena, and won the South California in film, theatre and television, which has school theatre competition. During 1992 brought her other awards, such as Best she studied classical theatre in Florence, Actress in Valencia’s Mostra de Cine for the at Teatro del Oriuolo, under Gianni Sussini; film “Malamuerte”. Dance Theatre (“The intelligence of the body“) under Rafaella Rossellini and Luis As a poet, she has won First Prize at the Emilio Bruni; and she sang in the Florence Third Aljarafesa Poetry Competition, with Duomo choir. her poem “Madre Agua” (2007). She also teaches oral communication strategies.

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BA in Theatre at Lisbon’s ESTC – Theatre mini-series and TV films: “Liberdade XXI”, and Film College. He also studied at the “Conexão”, “O Segredo de Miguel Zuarte”, Lee Strasberg Institute in New York with a “Living in Your Car” (HBO Canada) and “Os scolarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Filhos do Rock”. Foundation. In cinema, he had his début with Rita Well established as an actor in cinema, Nunes and the short “É Só Um Minuto”. theatre and television, he had his theatre He has also worked under Pedro Caldas, début in 1991, and since then has worked Leonel Vieira, Manuel de Oliveira, Marco with several Portuguese and foreign Martins, Jorge Paixão da Costa, Joaquim directors, such as Jorge Silva Melo, Solveig Leitão, Bruno de Almeida, António-Pedro Nordlund, Fernada Lapa, Clara Andermatt, Vasconcelos, Sergio Graciano, Vicente Robert Castle, Tim Carrol and Miguel Alves do Ó, Vicente Ferraz, Gonçalo and Seabra. Luis Galvão Teles, Felix Limardo and Pedro Varela. His television début was the series “O Fura-Vidas” in 1999. Today, he is a well- He has received several nominations and known actor in all the national networks, awards in theatre and cinema in national as supporting or lead actor in many series, and international festivals. CAST Ivana Baquero Afonso Pimentel Albano Jerónimo Ivo Canelas Ruth Gabriel CREW Producer: Luís Galvão Teles Co-Producer: Carlo D’Ursi Executive Producer:João Fonseca Directors: Luís & Gonçalo Galvão Teles Writers: Gonçalo & Luís Galvão Teles and Luís Diogo Cinematographer: João Ribeiro Composer: Filipe Raposo Sound: Olivier Blanc Production Design: Ana Paula Rocha Image Post-Production Supervisor: Pedro Ribeiro Sound Design: Elsa Ferreira Sound Mixing: Branko Neskov VFX: Irma Lucia PRODUCTION Production Fado Filmes Co-Production Potenza Producciones With the support of ICA, Eurimages, Ibermedia, RTP, Creative Europe/Media TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 105 minutes | DCP | 1.85 | 5.1 sound | Color www.fadofilmes.pt