Kissed by Winter is a story about one of the efficient and successful people, Victoria, who one day is suddenly thrown out of her regular life for a period of time. The film tells the story of two deaths, one is suspicious, the other one unacceptable. Victoria starts a new life as a physician in a wintery Norwegian village. She absorbs herself in her job in order to avoid her memories. Early one winter morning, a young man is found dead in the snow, and the local police sergeant presumes he may have been hit by the plow of a snow truck. As Victoria gets entangled in the fate of the dead boy, she gets close to both his parents and the suspect, Kai. In the encounter with the dead man and the village inhabitants, the main character proves to be a greater mystery than the case under investigation. The truth about the boy in the snow, and Victoria’s own past, is slowly but steadily whirled up to the surface.

Kissed by Winter is Sara Johnsen’s feature film debut. She studied literature, photography and media before she started her directing studies at the Norwegian Film School, graduating in 2000. She has participated as one of several directors in the feature film project Utopia - Nobody is perfect in the perfect country, as well as Houdini’s Hound.

Producers: Christian Fredrik Martin, Asle Vatn Screenwriters: Ståle Stein Berg, Sara Johnsen Cinematographer: Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen Editor: Zaklina Stojevska Music: Ståle Caspersen Cast: Annika Hallin, Kristoffer Joner, Fritjof Såheim, Göran Ragnerstam, Linn Skåber, Axel Zuber, Jade Francis Haj Michalis Koutsonniannakis, Mina Azarian, Trine Wiggen, Klara Døving, Henrik Storsveen, Luis Engebrightsen Bye