Lena Kozlova, Radioaktive Film, Kiev, Ukraine:
We have quite a few lakes, both in mountainous areas in Carpathians (which wouldn’t exactly fit your brief, but would be for sure frozen) and also a lot of lakes around Kiev, so you could both get your perfect lake and save on location travel. The only tricky thing is the weather. According to the forecast, we will hit very low temperatures in mid December (-13C), but by the end of December it will raise back a little to around 0. Which means it might be not the safest option to shoot on ice after only few days of really serious cold. In January, though, all the lakes are usually deeply frozen, and even if the temperature raises a little, the ice is thick enough to handle crews/equipment. Please email me at lena@radioaktivefilm.com and I’ll gladly make a selection of lake moods for you.
