Through Thin Ice
Directors: Gabrielle Kardon and Arthur Veenema
Cast:Gabrielle Kardon, Dom Clarke
Crew:Producers: Gabrielle Kardon, Arthur Veenema.
Email:gkardon@genetics.utah.edu
Synopsis
Along the shores of the Great Salt Lake, a scientist’s twilight run is upended when her dog plunges through rare lake ice, catalyzing a desperate series of choices. After an improbable rescue, she questions whether she always makes rational decisions. Told from two perspectives, the film explores how we assess risks, make decisions, and the role of chance.
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About the directors
Gabrielle Kardon - Gabrielle Kardon is a professor and scientist at the University of Utah. For 20 years her lab has been researching how muscle develops and regenerates. In addition to science, she has been writing about films for Science Magazine. This is Gabrielle’s first film.
Arthur Veenema - Arthur Veenema is a Utah-based director and producer best known for his sci-fi films and science communication video content. His work has been shown at the Austin Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and Panic Fest. He was featured by the Utah Film Commission and a recipient of the Next Level Grant Program. Arthur works as the Multimedia & Event Lead at ARUP Laboratories at the University of Utah.
Filmmakers' note
As a scientist, my days are filled with carefully planned and analyzed experiments. However, one freezing night at the Great Salt Lake a series of chance events quickly turned into a dire situation and all my rational thinking was overturned. This film arose out of a need to reflect on the events of that night. Teaming up with directing partner Arthur Veenema, we created a film that uses a combination of interviews, animation, and footage of the lake to explore how we make choices in desperate circumstances and the consequences of those choices.