Award-Winning Filmmaker Gigi Hozimah Premieres ‘And Then Comes Winter’ at Private Paris Screening

PARIS — Award-winning auteur filmmaker Gigi Hozimah, celebrated for her uncompromising cinematic vision and poetic visual language, will unveil her latest feature, ‘And Then Comes Winter,’ at an exclusive, invitation-only screening at La Filmothèque du Quartier Latin in Paris.

With an artistry shaped by more than two decades across Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Hozimah crafts cinema that resists formula. Her work has earned international recognition, including the Golden Palm Award for Best Editing for ‘It’s Always That Feeling.’

‘And Then Comes Winter’ unfolds in the hushed, charged hours before the outbreak of an unnamed war. Over a single day and night in the countryside, two couples — one older and withdrawn, the other younger and uncertain — cross paths in fleeting encounters where silence speaks louder than words. “This is not a story of war, but of the quiet just before it,” Hozimah said. “It’s about stillness, unspoken tension, and how people connect — or fail to — when they sense something irreversible is near.”

The film stars Argentine-American actress Maritza Vives and French actor Jean-Calixte Gros. Shot with natural light, immersive sound design, and restrained dialogue, it is Hozimah’s fourth feature, following ‘He Belongs to Us,’ ‘That Abandoned Place,’ and ‘It’s Always That Feeling,’ and was produced under her Philadelphia-based company, Look At The Wall Productions. The Paris screening, gathering members of the international film community, serves as the first step in the film’s 2026 global rollout.

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