Stockholm International Film Festival to feature giant ice screen

You may have heard of the Ice Hotel, but have you ever heard of a giant movie screen made entirely of ice? That's what organizers are planning for the twentieth annual Stockholm International Film Festival, which will take place in the Swedish capital November 18-29, 2009.

According to Reuters, the screen will be nearly 5 meters (16.4 feet) wide and will weigh about 10 metric tons. It will be made from slabs of ice that were cut from the frozen Torne River in Sweden's far north back in March. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately 500,000 Swedish crowns ($71,140).

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Photo: Ice wall by Stockholm International Film Festival