White as Snow

story

A poetical reality… Adapted from Sabahattin Ali’s story titled “Ayran”, the film tells a day of a small child.

A twelve-year-old boy who lives with his two siblings in a mountain village… His father is in jail. Mother is working in a remote town.

In early winter, the child is loaded with yogurt based drink “ayran” and goes to a tea house by the roadside, two hours away. Passenger van comes but can not sell ayran. He waits until the evening, but he can not sell ayran again.

In desolate darkness, he is on his way to return home. Remote wolf sounds.

Selim Güneş tells about separation, expectation, longing, regret and the hope in human life in spite of everything.

trailer

reviews

• From Literature to Cinema: A heartbreaking winter tale; White as Snow / Mehmet Erduğan

  19 March 2022 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow - Film Adaptations of Sabahattin Ali’s Works / Hatice Bildirici

  1 January 2018 · Automatically translated

• Where there is hope, there is also life / Dani Mežan

  23 June 2017 · Automatically translated

• The Film of the Story: White as Snow / Ülkü Tatar

  4 December 2015 · Automatically translated

• Sabahattin Ali adaptations in cinema / Rıza Oylum

  29 April 2015 · Automatically translated

• A film that takes up residence in the mind: White as Snow / Leyla Özyol

  15 June 2014 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow – Selim Güneş / Gürkan Kılıçaslan

  2 February 2014 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Aytuna Tosunoğlu

  18 January 2014 · Automatically translated

• A heart-wrenching fairy tale in the whiteness of snow… / Güneş Özayten

  17 January 2014 · Automatically translated

• From Pastoral Drama to Multiple Performance: A Comparative Look at the Adaptations WUTHERING HEIGHTS and WHITE AS SNOW / Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim

  4 May 2013 · Automatically translated

• The Endless Waiting of the Provinces / Ali Reza Dürü

  25 March 2013 · Automatically translated

• Things Never Seen / Vanna Carlucci

  2 February 2013 · Automatically translated

• Film: White as Snow / Andarilho

  1 December 2012 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / On the relationship between cinema and literature / Anıl Şen, Göktuğ Arslan

  25 May 2012 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Olkan Özyurt

  10 February 2012 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Charlie Cockey

  10 January 2012

• Two Quality Turkish Films / Kerem Akça

  13 December 2011 · Automatically translated

• A tough race in Malatya / Kerem Akça

  23 November 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow Review / Greg Hayes

  11 November 2011

• My home is the mountains / Mecit Poyraz

  18 October 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / Selim Güneş / Hasan Sönmez, Şebnem Aykol

  1 October 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Orhan Ünser

  5 July 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / A first film in the footsteps of Sabahattin Ali / Kültigin Kağan Akbulut

  27 June 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / Selim & Nur Güneş / Vanessa McMahon

  27 June 2011

• Blog posts

  14 June 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Murat Erşahin

  1 June 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow Ayran / Seray Genç

  1 June 2011 · Automatically translated

• As a Debut Movie, White as Snow Deserves Our Respect / Ege Görgün (Landlord)

  28 May 2011

• the “white as snow” of the warmest feelings / danzon

  20 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• “White as Snow”, a photograph / Meltem Çavdar

  20 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• Silence, Snow, Hasan, Ayran and the Others… / Müjgan Yıldırım

  17 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / A heart-wrenching fairy tale… / Müjgan Yıldırım

  16 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / White as Snow / Özlem Apaydın

  16 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Serdar Akbıyık

  14 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• Innocence Surrendered to the Wolves / Murat Özer

  13 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Erman Ata Uncu

  13 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• A universal touch to local clichés / Kerem Akça

  13 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• A Lament as White as Snow / Rasih Yılmaz

  13 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• Death Is White as Snow / Hilal Çetinder

  13 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• Once upon a time in Artvin / Emine Yıldırım

  13 May 2011

• INTERVIEW / Selim Güneş – White as Snow / Kaan Karsan

  11 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• 8 reasons to watch White as Snow / Ali Ulvi Uyanık

  9 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• And White as Snow… / Ezgi Küçüktuğsuz

  6 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / Selim Güneş / Seda Pekçelen

  1 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / The right side of a sharp knife / Berke Göl

  1 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow’s Trial by Popcorn and Cola / Ege Görgün (Landlord)

  1 May 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Nuray Coşan Temiz

  15 April 2011 · Automatically translated

• INTERVIEW / A story white as snow / Özlem Altunok

  14 April 2011 · Automatically translated

• White as Snow / Esra Demirkan

  1 April 2011

• White as Snow / Vanessa McMahon

  21 March 2011

• Timeless work called 'White as Snow' / Jeanne Inness

  18 October 2010

• The Summit Where Emotion Meets the Visual: White as Snow / Eray Ergün

  10 October 2010 · Automatically translated

• From Sabahattin Ali’s Pen to Selim Güneş’s Photographs: White as Snow / Seray Genç

  1 October 2010 · Automatically translated

• Snow and Sweat / Ruhan Odabaş

  23 February 2010 · Automatically translated

posters

Poster design: Esra Köymen and Selahattin Birgül.

stills

behind the camera

Photographs: Yusuf Darıyerli.

credits

Directed by

• Selim Güneş

Writing

• Selim Güneş (screenplay)
• Sabahattin Ali (story)

Cast

• Hakan Korkmaz (Hasan)
• Sinem İslamoğlu (Mother)
• Gürsan Piri Onurlu (Father)
• Kaya Akkaya (Passenger)
• Ziver Armağan Açıl (Recep)
• Ruhan Odabaş (Grandpa Kadir)
• Sinan Koçal (Sinan)

Produced by

• Nur Güneş (producer)
• Münire Armstrong (co-producer)
• Irini Vougioukalou / Graal S.A. (co-producer)
• Nikos Moustakas (co-producer)
• Bora Tamusta (executive producer)
• Emre Güneş (executive producer)

Crew

• Cinematography: Serdar Özdemir
• Film editing: Ahmet Can Çakırca, Selim Güneş
• Music: Uğur Işık, Mircan Kaya
• Sound design: Mustafa Durma, Cody Biles, Burak Topalakçı
• Production management: Serhan Nasırlı

festivals, awards

International awards

• 33. Moscow International Film Festival, 2011 – NETPAC Award
• 9. Almaty International Film Festival – “Shaken’s Stars 2011” – Grand Prix
• 15. Sofia International Film Festival, 2011 – The Jury Special Award

National awards

• 44. SİYAD Cinema Awards – Best Film Music Award
• İFSAK, 2011 – Cinema Award – Selim Güneş
• 22. Ankara International Film Festival, 2011 – Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award
• 22. Ankara International Film Festival, 2011 – Promising Scriptwriter Award – Selim Güneş
• 22. Ankara International Film Festival, 2011 – Best Supporting Actress – Sinem İslamoğlu
• 47. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2010 – Best Film Music Award

International festival screenings

• 2012 Festival do Rio – Main Competition
• 22. Cinequest International Film Festival, 2012 – Global Landscapes Competition
• 30. Fajr International Film Festival, 2012 – Eastern Vista
• 2011 Festival Cine//B4 – Chile – Main Competition
• 2011 Viareggio EuropaCinema – Italy – Main Competition
• 6. Batumi International Art House Film Festival, 2011 – Main Competition
• 24. Singapore International Film Festival, 2011 – C’est La Vie
• 17. Lessinia Film Festival, 2011 – Italy – Main Competition
• 2011 Festival Lume De Cinema – Brasil – Main Competition
• 33. Moscow International Film Festival, 2011 – Films Around the World
• 2011 International Film Festival Ars Independent Katowice – Main Competition
• 9. Almaty International Film Festival, 2011 – “Shaken’s Stars” – Main Competition
• 6. Los Angeles South East European Film Festival, 2011 – Main Competition
• 12. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria IFF, 2011 – New Directors Official Competition
• 15. Sofia International Film Festival, 2011 – Main Competition
• 46. Chicago Film Festival, 2010 – World Cinema

Turkish films week

• 4. Montreal Turkish Films Week, 2012
• 17. London Turkish Festival, 2012
• 22. Munich Turkish Film Days, 2011
• 9. Berlin Turkish Films Week, 2011

National festival screenings

• 2. Gaziantep Onat Kutlar Film Festival, 2012
• 2. Malatya International Film Festival, 2011 – National Competition
• 13. Eskisehir Film Festival, 2011
• 22. Ankara International Film Festival, 2011 – National Competition
• 30. Istanbul Film Festival, 2011 – National Competition
• 47. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2010 – National Competition