The World Narrative Competition unspools 12 features “reflecting the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” said Frederic Boyer, Artistic Director Tribeca Film Festival. Last year Norwegian director Magnus Martens’ Jackpot (Arme riddere) participated in the festival’s Cinemania, and in 2011 Jannicke Systad Jacobsen’s Turn Me On, Goddammit (Få meg på, for faen) won for Best Script in the World Narrative contest.
East-West road-movie
“A film with an original and honest vision that goes beyond clichés,” said the Göteborg jury of Zaman’s feature debut, “an East-West road-movie,” about Siyar in search of his eldest sister, after she has fled her wedding in the little village in Iraqui-Kurdistan. Since their father is dead, it is up to Siyar to find her, bring her back and restore family honour; in Istanbul, where he meets a young girl, and they travel together through Greece, Germany and Norway.
About the production
The film is scripted by Zaman and Kjell Ola Dahl and starrs Taher Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir, Bahar Özen and Birol Ünel.'Before Snowfall was procduced by Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B Kvae for the Norwegian company Paradox Produksjoner in co-production with Mitosfilm in Germany, and released domestically by Scanbox.
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