White Snail

White Snail
Promotional poster
Original titleGreen Parrot
Directed by
  • Elsa Kremser
  • Levin Peter
Screenplay by
  • Elsa Kremser
  • Levin Peter
Produced by
  • Lixi Frank
  • David Bohun
  • Elsa Kremser
  • Levin Peter
Starring
  • Marya Imbro
  • Mikhail Senkov
CinematographyMikhail Khursevich
Edited byStephan Bechinger
Music by
  • John Gürtler
  • Jan Miserre
Production
companies
  • Panama Film
  • RAUMZEITFILM (AT)
  • Majade Fiktion (DE)
Distributed by
  • Filmladen Verleih (Austria)
  • Real Fiction Filmverleih (Germany)
Release date
  • 8 August 2025 (2025-08-08) (Locarno)
Running time
115 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Austria
Languages
  • Russian
  • Belarusian
  • English
  • Mandarin

White Snail is a 2025 German-Austrian romance film written and directed by Elsa Kremser, and Levin Peter. Starring Marya Imbro, and Mikhail Senkov, it follows Masha, a model pursuing her dream job in China, and Misha, a painter working in a morgue, in a fragile love story of two outsiders who turn each other's worlds upside down.[1][2]

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 8 August 2025,[3] where it won the Special Jury Prize and the Pardo for Best Perfomance for Imbro and Senkov.[4]

Cast

  • Marya Imbro as Masha
  • Mikhail Senkov as Misha
  • Olga Reptuh as Olga
  • Andrei Sauchanka as Andrei

Production

Levin Peter, director of the film
Elsa Kremser, director of the film

The film directed by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter is inspired by real-life stories of non-professional actors, was shot in Belarus. It won the Perspektive Deutsches Kino – Kompagnon-Fellowship at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in 2017 and participated at the TorinoFilmLab.[5][6]

In 2021, it was selected at the TorinoFilmLab in the FeatureLab alongwith 9 other films.[7]

In 2022, Eurimages supported the film (working title Green Parrot) with €300,000.[8]

Principal photography began on 12 June 2023 on the location of Minsk in Belarus, and Daugavpils in Latvia. The filming ended on 15 September 2023.[9][10]

Release

White Snail had its World Premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 8 August 2025, and competed for Golden Leopard.[11] A week later, it will compete for Heart of Sarajevo award in the Competition Programme - Feature Film at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival on 18 August 2025.[12][13]

Rome-based Intramovies acquired the world sales rights to the film in July.[5]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 18 February 2017 Kompagnon-Fellowship – Perspektive Deutsches Kino Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser for White Snail Won [14]
Locarno Film Festival 16 August 2025 Golden Leopard White Snail Nominated [15]
Special Jury Prize Won [16]
Pardo for Best Perfomance Marya Imbro Won
Mikhail Senkov Won
Sarajevo Film Festival 22 August 2025 Heart of Sarajevo White Snail Pending [17]

References

  1. ^ "White Snail". Locarno Film Festival. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  2. ^ "White Snail". Austrian Films. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ^ Mona Tabbara (8 July 2025). "Locarno unveils 2025 line-up including premieres of Radu Jude's 'Dracula', Kamal Aljafari's 'With Hasan In Gaza'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ^ Balaga, Marta (16 August 2025). "Sho Miyake's 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' Wins at Locarno". Variety. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b Emiliano De Pablos (10 July 2025). "Intramovies Nabs World Sales to Locarno Player 'White Snail,' an Unconventional Love Story Set in Belarus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Die beiden Kompagnon-Förderpreise Berlinale Talents und Perspektive Deutsches Kino gehen an Nora Fingscheidt sowie an Levin Peter und Elsa Kremser" ["The two Kompagnon awards, Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino, go to Nora Fingscheidt as well as to Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser."] (PDF) (in German). Berlinale. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (2 December 2021). "30 projects took to the stage at the 14th TFL Meeting Event". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ^ González, David (5 December 2022). "Eurimages supports 24 co-productions". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "White Snail: Feature Film, 2023-2025, Drama – Austria, Germany". Crew United. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ^ "White Snail". Austrian Film Institute. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ^ Szalai, Georg (8 July 2025). "'Dracula' by Radu Jude, David Lynch-Exec Produced 'Happy Worker' Set for Locarno Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  12. ^ Leo Barraclough (23 July 2025). "Fifty Films Compete for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards at 31st Sarajevo Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Regional premiere of the film White Snail". Sarajevo Film Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  14. ^ "All Awards and Juries of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ^ Marta Balaga (8 July 2025). "Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche Head to Locarno as Swiss Fest Announces Lineup, An 'Ambitious and Exciting Edition'". Variety. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  16. ^ Georg Szalai (16 August 2025). "Locarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' by Sho Miyake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  17. ^ Ntim, Zac (23 July 2025). "Sarajevo Film Festival Sets Competition Titles Including 15 World Premieres". Deadline. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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