White Snail , the new movie from directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter ( Space Dogs ), took 10 years to conceive and shoot. Snail’s pace, so to speak!

After its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival earlier this month, though, White Snail was soon considered a dark horse. And it ended up winning a special jury prize at the venerable Swiss festival. Plus, stars Marya “Masha” Imbro and Mikhail “Misha” Senkov, who appear in the film as Masha and Misha, were honored with best performance awards.

The filmmakers and their stars have been busy as bees, following up Locarno with a spot in the fiction feature competition of the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival , which runs through Aug. 22.

White Snail , the new movie from directors Elsa Krems

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