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Return to Snow
Biography Erol Mintas Erol Mintas was born in Kars, Turkey in 1983. After graduating from Marmara University, Department of Computer and Teaching Technologies, in 2006 he started his graduate studies in Marmara University, Department of Film Production. He completed his thesis about the cinema of Tarkovsky. While he was still a student, Mintaş worked in numerous short films as first AD and as director of photography. In 2008, his first short film Butimar was screened in various important national and international film festivals and received four awards. Mintaş's second short Berf (aka Snow), completed in 2010, and received the Golden Orange for best film in Antalya Film Festival which is the most prestigious festival in Turkey. Berf has competed in various film festivals in Turkey and around the world as well. The film still continues to travel the world. He is currently working on his first feature film project Dönüş (aka The Return). |
