Mongolia 2: Society Through the Eyes of Youth

Society Through the Eyes of Youth highlights the social realities of Mongolia today. The films address both the challenges of everyday life and the changing norms of society. 

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 78 min Age Limit: 7+

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  • Shat

    Stairs
    Director: Zoljargal Purevdash
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2021
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 12 min

    A young man's dream to make a living in Ulaanbaatar is put to the test when he must navigate the social and physical obstacles in his path.

  • Bujigchin

    Dancer
    Director: Nomin Gantulga
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 13 min

    Gerelee, a deaf teenage girl, decides to follow her dreams and audition for a dance company, despite her father's protest.

  • Gaikhamshigt nisleg

    The Wonderful Flight
    Director: Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2015
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 14 min

    A mother learns that local doctors are unable to cure her young son’s sudden hearing loss; and that her son will no longer be able to play his beloved Horse-Head Fiddle. This news does not stop the boy’s older brother trying, with the help of his best friends, to find a cure of their own – no matter how ambitious.

  • Kharchuul

    The Lads
    Director: Galsandorj Tsagaantsooj
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 16 min

    Derem lives peacefully in the countryside with some livestock. Derem's cow rejects her calf. Luvsan comes to visit Derem, and together they help out the rejected calf. Derem and Luvsan spend the night drinking and playing, and Luvsan leaves.

  • Ugluu bolno

    Morning Will Come
    Director: Ikhbayar Sarantuya
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 19 min

    A day in a life of a screenwriter struggling with writer's block and his dark necessities.

  • Ulaanbaatarization

    Director: Zulaa Urchuud
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2017
    Genre: Experimental, Documentary
    Duration: 4 min

    In the 1970's during the Socialist era in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian urban mentality took shape. The originally nomadic Mongolians had to adapt to the urban livelihood and environment, wherein the special kind of urban mentality originated. This change from a nomadic way of life to the urbanized life still influences Mongolian people’s minds even now. As a woman born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, I tried to express these feelings about the changing mentality which cannot be conveyed through words.