Best Film – Mountain Environment and Natural History – Sponsored by Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
USA, 2012, 14 minutes
Filmmakers: Jeremy Yaches and Sandy Patch
Website: thelasticemerchant.com
Classification: General, no advisory
When Baltazar Ushca dies, the long‐lived tradition of harvesting glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador will die with him. Every action is tenderly portrayed as Baltazar steadfastly wraps his bounty in hay and loads it on his donkey for delivery to his loyal customers.
