BFI Distribution announces that The Ice Tower, co-written and directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović (Innocence, Evolution, Earwig), starring Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose, Rust and Bone, Two Days, One Night) and newcomer Clara Pacini, will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 21 November 2025. A richly textured and deeply moving tale of longing and solitude, this dark and mesmerising modern fairy tale will make a highly original and alternative festive release in the run-up to Christmas. The film premiered in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart… The 1970s. Runaway Jeanne (Clara Pacini) falls under the spell of Cristina (Marion Cotillard), enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film of the Hans Christian Andersen story being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge. A mutual but potentially dangerous fascination begins to grow between the actress and the girl…