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The Ice Tower - Extended Q&A

Writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović explains how she spun her own dark fairy tale out of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen.

Inside Film 2026 36 mins

Overview

Writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović (Innocence, Evolution, Earwig) talks to Leigh Singer about her critically-acclaimed take on Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen. She discusses key scenes from her film, unpacks The Ice Tower's film-within-a-film structure and reflects on the dynamic she was trying to create between her actors - Marion Cotillard and newcomer Clara Pacini.

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Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Genres

Inside Film and Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Subjects

Filmmaking

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