Black Ice (2007 film)

Black Ice
Finnish theatrical poster
Finnish	Musta jää
Directed by	Petri Kotwica
Written by	Petri Kotwica
Produced by	Kai Nordberg Kaarle Aho Steffen Reuter Patrick Knippel Leander Carell
Starring	Outi Mäenpää Martti Suosalo Ria Kataja Ville Virtanen Saara Paavolainen
Cinematography	Harri Räty
Edited by	Jukka Nykänen
Music by	Eicca Toppinen
Production companies	Making Movies Oy Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv
Distributed by	Sandrew Metronome
Release dates	September 2007 (2007-09) (Helsinki)[1] 19 October 2007 (2007-10-19) (Finland)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Finland Germany
Languages	English Finnish
Budget	€1.8 million[1]
Box office	$1.6 million[2]

Black Ice (Finnish: Musta jää) is a 2007 Finnish drama film written and directed by Petri Kotwica. Produced as a Finnish-German joint production, it stars actors Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo and Ria Kataja in a twisted love triangle.

The film was first screened^{[citation needed]} at the Helsinki International Film Festival on 26 September 2007 before being released to the Finnish movie theaters on 19 October 2007.

Black Ice was nominated for nine Jussi Awards, eventually winning five, including Best Lead Actress (Outi Mäenpää) and Best Film. Petri Kotwica was also nominated for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival as was Ria Kataja for her role as Tuuli at the Festroia International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}