Mongolia 3: Society and Culture

The third screening in the Mongolia programme brings to life Mongolia’s rich cultural heritage and evolving social landscape.

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 91 min Age Limit: 7+

  • kalenteri-ikoni Thu 6.3.

  • kelloikoni 18:15

  • karttaikoni Finnkino Cine Atlas 4

  • 12,50

  • TH37

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  • kalenteri-ikoni Sat 8.3.

  • kelloikoni 9:45

  • karttaikoni Finnkino Cine Atlas 3

  • 12,50

  • ST82

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  • Lady of the Gobi

    Director: Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2022
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 26 min

    On Mongolia's coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life. Trapped in a hazardous industry, her journey reflects the human and environmental costs of Mongolia's mining boom.

  • Taigiin jimeer tsetserlegtee ochno

    Going to Preschool Through the Taiga
    Director: Zoljargal Batbileg
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2015
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 45 min

    The story follows Hoschimeg, a student who returns from her studies in the big city to teach kindergarten at the "Urts" ger garden in the Khuvsgul aimag in Western Taiga during her summer vacation. Through her journey we see the lives and livelihoods of the nomadic reindeer herders, the Tsaatan people.

  • Ingen egshig

    Melody for the Camel
    Director: Khishigt Demid
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 1986
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 20 min

    A documentary of the life of camel herders and the culture of adopting an orphan camel by "seducing" a mother-camel through a morin khuur (a horse fiddle) melody.