There is some autobiographical aspects in this film since the director Hamy Ramezan's family came to Finland from Iran as asylum seekers and they were using fake name Mehdipour instead of their real surname.
The adult Farsi-speaking cast of this film comes from Iran.
"First Snow" is the English direct translation of this film's title - which is far more significantly poignant to why titled so in original Finnish once it is seen (heard!)