HARD IJS | THICK ICE
A documentary by Emma Thies and Iris Timmer
the documentary.
about us.
Iris Timmer
Hi! I’m Iris Timmer, a 20 year-old filmmaker from Utrecht, the Netherlands. What I am most passionate about is telling a story through images, and therefore documentary seems to be genre that suits me perfectly. I am very interested in developing myself when it comes to my technical skills, too. I love to work with the camera, preferably Canon, and have become quite skilled in editing over the past few years. Since I’m an athlete myself, making a documentary about a professional sportswomen seems to be the perfect match. Interested? Follow me on Instagram!
Emma Thies
Hi there, I’m Emma! I’m a 22-year old filmmaker from Utrecht, the Netherlands. Ever since I was young, I have loved writing, telling and looking for stories. Combining this with powerful sounds and visuals – turning a story into a film - is what I love to do. My goal is to be able to see ‘potential’ in every story, even the ones that don’t seem exciting at first, and eventually be able to turn every story into a movie. With this documentary I hope to introduce people to this extraordinary thing called skeleton, but I would also like to show people what it’s like to chase your dreams within such a specific, spectacular sport. Interested? Follow me on Instagram or send me an e-mail!
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IMAGINE this: you’re racing down a frozen track, 130 kilometres per hour. The only thing separating you from the ice is a small sled, your chin removed only 6 centimetres from the track. What sounds like a nightmare to a lot of people, is reality for 25-year old Kimberley Bos.
KIMBERLEY is a professional skeleton athlete. Skeleton is a solo winter sliding sport, somewhat similar to bobsleigh and luge. A race includes a running start, after which athletes launch themselves onto their sleds, facing the ice. What follows is a frozen track of around 1400 metres long, including as many as 13 to 20 curves.
LAST year, Kimberley Bos was the first Dutch skeleton athlete who managed to qualify herself for the Olympic Wintergames (Pyeongchang). Skeleton is gaining more and more attention in the Netherlands, but the sport is significantly smaller compared to the USA, Germany, Canada or the UK. Kimberley won two gold medals at the Intercontinental Cup (2017), is the current Dutch champion, ranked third in the 2017 World Cup in South-Korea and currently holds the 14th position in the world ranking.
IN the documentary ‘Thick Ice’ (release date Jan. 2019), we will follow Kimberley while she is chasing her dream of becoming the number one skeleton athlete in the world. As the sport is not huge in the Netherlands, Kimberley has always worked extremely hard to realize her dreams, which is exactly what she is still doing now. Together with her coach Kristan Bromley, Kimberley is fighting to be faster, improving her times and making steps towards being the best skeletoni in the world. ‘Thick Ice’ will focus on speed and success within the tracks of such an extraordinary sport.
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Producing, filming and editing a documentary takes a lot of time - as well as money. Since we're both young filmmakers that work on a limited budget, we need all the help we can get.
Are you an editor, a musician, a graphic designer or do you, in any other way, feel like you can contribute to making this documentary even better? Then please let us know by sending us a message!
As mentioned before; our budget is limited, but a lot of things cost money. We started a crowdfunding campaign so that everyone is able to support us. Do you happen to have a deep passion for wintersports? Are you crazy about documentaries? Or do would you just like to support two young filmmakers, trying to realize their dreams? Then please check out our crowdfundingpage by clicking here or on the button below. Every penny is helping us!