Ulaanbaatar
Avant-garde film festival showcases creativity of young Mongolian film-makers
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia’s Golden Reel Association--a youth-led NGO promoting alternative cinema--has held its annual avant-garde International Underground Film Festival in Ulaanbaatar.
It was published on Tuesday on the website of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
The festival provided a platform for aspiring young national and international filmmakers to experiment with alternative cinema and showcase their talents to the world.
The SDC funded the 2015 festival as part of its cultural and arts grants, contributing to the development of Mongolia’s rich and diverse artistic and cultural heritage.
The Golden Reel Association has been organizing the avant-garde film festival for the past three years. This year, it expanded its horizons by inviting international filmmakers to take part in the event, attracting more than 200 submissions from 20 countries.
Distinguished avant-garde cinema luminaries Peter Tscherkassky from Austria and Eve Heller from the US were on the jury, along with prominent Mongolian directors Byamba Sakhia and Jigjidsuren Gombojav, and Golden Reel Association Director Enkhbat Natsagdorj.
Tscherkassky's new short film, The Exquisite Corpse, which was awarded a special prize at Cannes in 2015, inspired young Mongolian filmmakers during master classes on experimental filmmaking.
Tscherkassky commended the Mongolian filmmakers' ability and accomplishments, and praised their efforts in creating a unique Mongolian cinematic identity by pushing the boundaries of conventional forms of filmmaking and fostering avant-garde and experimental films in Mongolia.
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