Early Winter

Story

Synopsis

Ferhat (49), a factory manager in Istanbul, and Handan (45), a bank manager, decide to have a child through surrogacy with Lia (28), a young artist of Georgian and Ukrainian descent. Shortly after their daughter Ada (1) is born, war breaks out between Russia and Ukraine. As a result, Lia is forced to stay in Istanbul with Ferhat and Handan for a while longer. Believing that surrogacy is the formula that will take her to Europe, Lia does not want to leave Ada.

Director

Özcan Alper

Writers

Uğur Aydedim, Özcan Alper

Language

Turkish

Country

Turkey

Release date

13 November 2025

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Timuçin Esen

  Ferhat

• 

  Leyla Tanlar

  Lia

• 

  Nastya Bogdanova

  Oksana Kravchenko

• 

  İdil Yener

  Handan

• 

  Murat Kılıç

  Şükrü

• 

  Umay Anadolu Kaboğlu

  Ilgın

• 

  Atakan Yılmaz

  Harun

• Tea Dolidze

  Lia's Mom

• Doğa Subaş

  Baby Ada

• 

  Zeynep Ülsezer

  Helper

• Lela Bekirishi

  Woman in the Agency

• İsmet Araç

  Poyraz