White Snail
6.5
A Belarusian model dreaming of a career in China finds herself drawn to a mysterious loner who works the night shift at a morgue. Their encounter unsettles her sense of body, beauty, and mortality. The fragile love story of two outsiders who turn each other’s worlds upside down and discover that they are not alone.
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Elsa Kremser Director · Levin Peter Director John Gürtler Composer
First release August 8, 2025 · Produced in Austria, Germany · Languages Belarusian, Chinese, English, Russian
Production
Panama Film
Production
RAUMZEITFILM
Production
ma.ja.de. Fiction
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Austria · Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Belarusian · Chinese · English · Russian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 8, 2025
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Austria · January 23, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 18, 2025 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
China
December 7, 2025 · Premiere · Hainan Island International Film Festival
Estonia
November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Germany
January 29, 2026 · Theatrical
Nepal
April 3, 2026 · Premiere · Nepal International Film Festival
Netherlands
April 16, 2026 · Theatrical
Poland
July 25, 2026 · Premiere · New Horizons International Film Festival
South Korea
April 30, 2026 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Sweden
January 29, 2026 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Switzerland
February 26, 2026 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
April 9, 2026 · Limited theatrical
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