Jää

Harri is a lieutenant-colonel in the Estonian army embarking on missions to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is divorced and only sees his 10-year old son on holidays from time to time. Struggling with the guilt of not being there for his estranged son, Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island where he used to go with his father as a boy. Harri decides to take the quicker way — a local ice road over the frozen sea. While arguing with his ex-wife on the phone, Harri loses the tracks and an accident occurs. The car falls through the ice into the cold water. The father, who is used to controlling every aspect of his life, is now faced with forces he cannot control. The journey becomes a journey of survival on the edge of illusionary realities of life and death. Ice tells the story of the importance of saying, “I love you” while there is still someone there to listen. (Estonian Film Institute)