Snow And The Bear
A young nurse embarking on a new assignment in a small Turkish village becomes embroiled in mysteries that lie beneath the snow, in this engrossing, slow-burning noir mystery. TIFF 2022; winner New Directors Award, San Francisco International Film Festival.
Selcen Ergun’s impressive directorial debut begins with a car driving through a snowy Turkish hinterland, setting an ominous note of isolation and paranoia that continues right up to the haunting final shot. The car’s driver is headstrong young nurse Asli (Merve Dizdar), who has arrived in a small village for compulsory service despite her family’s consternation. The men of this patriarchal town look down upon Asli, but their condescension proves to be the least of her worries when a townsperson disappears and the local consensus settles with conspicuous certainty on a bear attack as the cause. Special Guest
Selcen Ergun
Director
Selcen Ergun is a director, scriptwriter and producer from Turkey. She is a Berlinale Talents and Nipkow Medienboard Berlin Artist-in-Residency alumna. Her debut feature Snow and the Bear - a Turkish, German, Serbian co-production supported by Eurimages - made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022 and won the New Directors Award at the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival.
- Program Strand
- Features
- Original Title
- Kar ve Ayı
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Türkiye, Germany, Serbia
- Language
- In Turkish with English subtitles
- Director
- Selcen Ergun
- Producer
- Nefes Polat, Selcen Ergun
- Cast
- Merve Dizdar, Saygin Soysal, Asiye Dinçsoy
- Screenwriter
- Selcen Ergun, Yeşim Aslan
- Cinematographer
- Florent Herry
- Editor
- Çiçek Kahraman
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Women Directors, Middle East, Crime, Focus on Women
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Arthood Entertainment
