MISSION STATEMENT
Waves and Ice is a film about a group of women who share a passion for the outdoors, adventure and art. With Waves and Ice the director does not only wants to show the stories of the women but also inspire other women to follow their passions, even if it seems that the area their passions lie in are mostly male dominated.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Waves and Ice is a short film with an all female crew and protagonists. Filmmaker Sabine M. Probst accompanied five adventurous, nature loving women on their journey through the Icelandic wild whilst creating stunning images, surfing freezing cold waves, hiking up and snowboarding down mountains, diving icy waters and mastering all obstacles which appeared on their way.
Berglind Johannsdottir @iamberglind
Berglind is an Icelandic photographer who captures the wonders of nature in Iceland in a beautiful minimalistic manner. She seeks adventure in the Icelandic wild and spends most of her time in the outdoors.
Ana Geppert @anageppert
Ana is a Spanish born German adventure lover who studies research in global health science. Her passion for sports like skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing keeps her exploring the wild.
Elín Signy @elinsigny
Elín is a professional dancer at the Iceland dance company with a huge passion for surfing, snowboarding, traveling and art.
Julia Ochs @juliaochsphoto
Julia Ochs is a German photographer who dedicates her work to the ocean and the people that help protect and restore our oceans for future generations.
Klaudyna Brzostowska @waterographyk
Klaudyna is a polish diver and nature lover. Diving is not just a sport for her, it is her passion and the underwater world the place where she found to herself.
Filmmaker:
Sabine M. Probst @sabinemprobst
Sabine is a filmmaker and photographer focusing her work on environmental issues, conservation of our wildlife and planet and inspiring stories from the outdoors.
Other important crew members are:
Katrin Weißler @kiwi.katrin & Christina Grill @christina.grill- assistent post production | Katharina Berger @kathberina - motion graphics | Kristina Reischl @issyrey - graphic design
WHY THIS FILM IS IMPORTANT
Waves and Ice shall be an inspiration for other women to follow their passions. The sports shown in the film like snowboarding, surfing and diving are quite male dominated as well as surf and outdoor photography. All of us know women or have been the woman which had doubts to try something because it seemed like something a girl or woman would not do. Either because we did not see any other females doing it or because we were afraid to be treated differently than the guys.
Most sport films are filmed by men, for men, starring men. We wanted to change that, waves and ice is a production by women only, to inspire other women to be themselves, follow their passions and explore new things. Even though we are not world class sponsored athletes or creators, we are passionate, we know what we want and we do the things we do because we love them. The film is not about showing off or being the best, but rather about our passions and the support we gave each other.
WHY WE ARE CROWDFUNDING
We want to inspire women all over the world to follow their passions and for them then to inspire others. We are crowdfunding because we know this message can be spread wider and is more powerful with all hands on deck.
We already filmed the whole film and it is now in the post-production. We are thankful for the sponsors who gave us discounts or products, yet everything else was self funded. Now we are at the end stage of the production and soon ready for the release to film festivals. We want to spread the message as far as we can and submit to film festivals all over the world.
Since the production was quite expensive there is no money left for the submission fees of festivals.
We hope that with your help we can raise enough money so submit to a lot of festivals and share our message.
We are thankful for every donation, follow and share we get!
We are stoked to have you on the journey with us!