WHITE SNAIL
115 Min (AT/GER) 2025 – 5.1
www.whitesnail.com
A Belarusian model dreaming of a career in China finds herself drawn to a mysterious loner who works the night shift at a morgue. Their encounter unsettles her sense of body, beauty, and mortality. The fragile love story of two outsiders who turn each other’s worlds upside down and discover that they are not alone.
A turning point in two young lives in Belarus – a moment of defiance against stigma and exclusion. Open questions about a future not yet decipherable arise, like something smoldering in the haze of sultry summer nights.
Production Sound Mix
Locarno FF “Special Jury Prize”, “Pardo for Best Performance”
Sarajevo “Arthouse Cinema Award by the CICAE Jury”
Bodrum IFF “Award for Best Film”
Berlinale Kompagnon Script-Development Award
Locarno FF
Sarajevo IFF
Vienna IFF
Helsinki IFF
Pancevo IFF
Reykjavik IFF
Bodrum IFF
Indie Cork FF
Mirage FF
Cologne IFF
Sao Paulo IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Transit FF
Tallinn Black Nights FF
Gijon IFF
Cineuropa
Festival del Cinema Europeo Lecce
Fidocs IFF
Writer & Director
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Director of Photography
Mikhail Khursevich
Editor
Stephan Bechinger
Soundmixer
Simon Peter, Johannes Schmelzer-Zieringer
Sound Design
Jonathan Schorr
Re-Recording Mixer
Lars Ginzel
Music
John Gürtler
Producer
Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Heino Deckert
Production Company
PANAMA FILM, RAUMZEITFILM, MA.JA.DE
Editorial Office
Martin Gerhard, Burkhard Althoff (ZDF/arte)
Actress & Actors
Marya Ibro, Mikhail Senkov