The Last Ice Merchant
World Premiere

The Last Ice Merchant

Shorts in Competition: Documentary
| USA | 15 MINUTES | Spanish, Quichua
Documentary
For the last five decades, Baltazar Ushca has made a living harvesting glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador. His brothers, Gregorio and Juan, have long since retired from the mountain. This is a tale of cultural change in a small indigenous community and how three brothers have adapted to it.

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Sandy Patch
Sandy Patch has worked as an editor, colorist, engineer, and post consultant. He worked at Company 3 in Santa Monica, where he headed the company's digital lab, and currently works as a colorist at Final Frame Post, a boutique post house in Manhattan. This is his first film.
Supervising Editor
Jeremiah Zagar
Executive Producer
Uros Anderlic, Pamela Tanner Boll
Producer
Jeremy Yaches
Director
Sandy Patch
Editor
Josh Banville
Field Producer
Rodrigo Donoso
Primary Cast
Baltazar Ushca, Gregorio Ushca, Juan Ushca
Composer
Andes Manta

Contacts
Sales Agent
Sandy Patch
Cotopaxi Productions
P.O. Box 1715 New York, NY 10113
Phone: 347 225 1621
sandy@cotopaxiproductions.com
Producer
Jeremy Yaches
Herzliya Films
147 Union Street, Lower Level Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 215 284 2624
jeremy@hzfilms.com
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