The Ice Tower

The Ice Tower
FrenchLa Tour de glace
Directed byLucile Hadžihalilović
Written by
  • Lucile Hadžihalilović
  • Geoff Cox
Produced by
  • Muriel Merlin
  • Ingmar Trost
Starring
CinematographyJonathan Ricquebourg
Edited byNassim Gordji Tehrani
Production
companies
Distributed byMetropolitan Filmexport (France)
Release dates
  • 16 February 2025 (2025-02-16) (Berlinale)
  • 17 September 2025 (2025-09-17) (France)
Running time
118 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
LanguageFrench
Budget4.9 million

The Ice Tower (French: La Tour de glace) is a 2025 fantasy drama film directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović from a screenplay she co-wrote with Geoff Cox. Set in the 1970s, it stars Marion Cotillard as an actress who is shooting a film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen, in which she plays the title character. The cast also includes Clara Pacini, August Diehl and Gaspar Noé.

The film is a co-production between France, Germany and Italy and had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2025, where it won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. It will be released theatrically in France by Metropolitan Filmexport on 17 September 2025.