Director: Hisham Zaman
Cast: Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir, Bahar Özen
Production and Format: Norway, 2013, 105’, blu-ray
Before Snowfall is an untraditional road-movie about family, love, dignity and honor. Siyar is the eldest man in the family.
When his sister escapes from her own wedding, he is given the task to track her down and restore the familys reputation. The hunt after his sister becomes a dangerous journey from east to west, where the collision of traditional bound cultures and modern western living challenges Siyar to find out who he really is. In Istanbul he meets the young girl Evin, who also lost between borders in Europe.
Films will be screened in their original language with Turkish subtitles.