On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice 2025 Directed by Udi Kalinsky , Irit Hod

The story of the Druze community in the Golan Heights—conquered in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981—is told through two characters from Majdal Shams: 19-year-old Aya, who dreams of joining Israel’s national hockey team and is willing to accept Israeli citizenship to achieve her goal, and her older uncle Ayoub, a journalist and farmer who identifies as Syrian and firmly rejects Israeli citizenship. Filmed overthe course of three years, the documentary explores the deep identity crisis of a lost community striving for a peaceful life on its ancestral land while caught in the grip of a turbulent fate.

Country Israel

Production Country Israel

Language Hebrew

Spoken Languages Arabic , Hebrew

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies Kan , The New Fund for Cinema and TV (NFCT) , Gesher Multicultural Film Fund , PROVID Films & TV Productions , Galilee Film Project

Release Date 23 July 2025

92 mins