Cold Feet Gold Sheep

This Geoff Steven doco follows NZ chefs Stephen Randle and Neville Ballantyne to a bitterly cold northern Japanese winter to compete in an international snow carving contest. Their entry, a sheep dipping scene created out of a 26 tonne block of snow, manages to look even more surreal in the icy Sapporo cityscape than the British team’s London double decker bus. Spirited competition in sub-zero temperatures produces an America’s Cup style rules controversy, but there’s light relief from the hard partying alternative American team from Portland, Oregon.

The basic attitude of the British team is totally amateur. I think between us we’ve built two snowmen in the past and we know nothing about snow.

– British team member

Key Cast & Crew

Geoff Steven

Producer, Director

Steven McElrae

Executive Producer

Richard S Long

Camera

Owen Goodwin

Sound

David Coulson

Editor