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ЕARLY WINTER Turkey, 2025, 91 min, color

Early Winter tells the story of Ferhat and surrogate mother Lia's arduous three-day journey from Türkiye to Georgia, resulting from an illegal surrogacy agreement. This journey explores not only physical boundaries but also class differences, biological ties, and the dark corners of the human soul. As they leave Istanbul and cross the border, Lia experiences a profound inner turmoil, yearning for Ada, the baby she was forced to leave behind. Ferhat, meanwhile, is torn between his increasingly strained relationship with his wife Handan and the pressures of the business world.

Özcan Alper

Özcan Alper

Born in Hopa in 1975. His first feature film, Autumn, was shown at more than 60 international film festivals and won multiple awards, including the award for the best director at the Sofia International Film Festival in 2009. The film earned him a nomination for the European Discovery of the Year Award by the European Film Academy. His later films, Future Lasts Forever and Memories of the Wind, screened at premier festivals such as Toronto and Rotterdam.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2008 Autumn

2011 Future Lasts Forever

2015 Memories of the Wind

2022 The Festival of Troubadours

2022 Black Night

2025 Early Winter

DIRECTOR
Özcan Alper
SCRIPT
Özcan Alper, Ugur Aydedim
CAMERA
Yagiz Yavru
MUSIC
Erdem Helvacioglu
CAST
Timuçin Esen, Leyla Tanlar, Nastya Bogdanova, Umay Anadolu Kaboglu, Murat Kiliç
PRODUCERS
Soner Alper, Emre Oskay
PRODUCTION
Nar Film

ЕARLY WINTER Turkey, 2025, 91 min, color

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