BEFORE SNOWFALL / HISHAM ZAMANS

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Kurdish teenager, Siyar, sets out on a road trip from Kurdistan to Istanbul, to Berlin and Oslo, not in search of a better life, but to track down his sister who ran away rather than submit to an arranged marriage. His goal is an honor killing.

His encounter, along the way, with Evin, a young Kurdish girl dressed as a boy, leaves him questioning his mission. 

Director: Hisham Zaman

AWARDS

  • Best Cinematography (Tribeca Film Festival 2013)
  • Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Göteborg International Film Festival 2013)

RT: 96 mins

Film showing: Tuesday September 23, 2014 at 7:30 PM

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Kurdish teenager, Siyar, sets out on a road trip from Kurdistan to Istanbul, to Berlin and Oslo, not in search of a better life, but to track down his sister who ran away rather than submit to an arranged marriage. His goal is an honor killing.

His encounter, along the way, with Evin, a young Kurdish girl dressed as a boy, leaves him questioning his mission. 

Director: Hisham Zaman

AWARDS

  • Best Cinematography (Tribeca Film Festival 2013)
  • Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Göteborg International Film Festival 2013)

RT: 96 mins

Film showing: Tuesday September 23, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Facebook page

Hisham Zaman's Twitter account

A sixteen-year-old boy gets wrapped in plastic, and lowered into a tank truck full of crude oil. That's how Hisham Zaman's long awaited feature film debut begins. BEFORE SNOWFALL is an untraditional roadmovie about family, love, dignity and honor. Siyar is the eldest man in the family.