Experiencing Interruptions?

The Silence of Snow

After her husband’s suicide, a woman remains within a snow-covered landscape shaped by the aftermath of a destructive relationship. Moving between fragments of memory and daily routines, she navigates grief shaped by guilt, anger and longing, while the presence of the past continues to inhabit the shared home.

Set within a stark winter environment, The Silence of Snow unfolds through duration, stillness and observation. Rather than seeking resolution, the film explores emotional contradiction and psychological residue, inhabiting the fragile space between love and betrayal, and the experience of being the one left behind.

  • Malin Dahl
    Director
    May You Live, Homecoming
  • Johnny Wernersson
    Writer
    May You Live, Homecoming
  • Malin Dahl
    Writer
    May You Live, Homecoming
  • Johnny Wernersson
    Producer
    May You Live, Homecoming
  • Malin Dahl
    Producer
    May You Live, Homecoming
  • Malin Dahl
    Key Cast
    "Anna"
  • Marieanne Persson
    Key Cast
    "mother"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Tyst faller snön
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, Slow-Cinema, Art-House, Trauma
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 13 minutes 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 4, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Göteborg Film Festival 2026
    Gothenburg
    Sweden
    January 24, 2026
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Backa Studios
    Distributor
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Malin Dahl

Malin Dahl is a Swedish filmmaker working as a director, screenwriter, and producer. She is drawn to stories shaped by grief, guilt, and emotional tension, often exploring what happens when care, love, and responsibility reach their limits.

Born outside Örebro, Sweden, she has a background in visual arts and studied at Örebro Art School. Since graduating, she has developed her own projects across feature films, short films, documentaries, and animation.

She runs the production company Backa Studios AB, founded in 2009, where she develops character-driven films with a strong visual and atmospheric focus, often moving between drama and psychological horror.

Her feature films include May You Live and The Silence of Snow (Tyst faller snön), which premiered at Göteborg Film Festival. Her work has screened at festivals and venues internationally.

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Director Statement

The Silence of Snow emerged from a need to explore what remains after a suicide, focusing not on the act itself but on the quiet that follows: unresolved grief, suspended time, and emotions without direction.

Rooted in the aftermath of a destructive relationship, the film examines the coexistence of love, care, exhaustion, anger, guilt and shame, feelings that cannot easily be separated. It follows a woman left behind, moving through a landscape where memory and presence overlap and where the past persists within the everyday.

Snow functions both as physical environment and psychological state, muting, slowing and holding everything still. Visually, the film is restrained and observant. The camera does not resolve contradictions but allows them to coexist. Silence and duration invite the viewer to remain within the emotional space rather than move toward narrative resolution.

The film is not about answers, but about a subtle shift: the fragile possibility that life might continue within the silence.