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Original title | Green Parrot |
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Cinematography | Mikhail Khursevich |
Edited by | Stephan Bechinger |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
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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]
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]
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 competed 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]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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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 | Nominated | [17] |
CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas) Award | Won | [18] | |||