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Young Masters

CITY OF WIND
SER SER SALHI

• Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
• MONGOLIA, PORTUGAL, FRANCE, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, QATAR / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 104’ / Mongolian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
• Director of Photography: Vasco Carvalho Viana
• Editing: Matthieu Taponier
• Music: Vasco Mendonça
• Cast: Tergel Bold-Erdene, Nomin-Erdene Ariunbyamba, Bulgan Chuluunbat, Ganzorig Tsetsgee, Tsend-Ayush Nyamsuren
• Producer: Katia Khazak, Charlotte Vincent
• Production Co.: Aurora Films, Guru Media, Uma Pedra no Sapato, Volya Films, 27 Films Production, VOO by mobinet
• World Sales: Best Friend Forever (BFF)

2023 Venice Best Actor–Orizzonti

A spiritual shaman is a crucial member of the community, a figure everyone depends on when in need of moral and spiritual guidance. What happens when that shaman is a 17-year-old high school student who must balance his profound spiritual responsibilities while also juggling another life - that of a high school student - working hard to succeed in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. Introducing Ze, 17-year-old, gentle shaman...Mongolia’s Oscars nominee, City of Wind, is set in the yurt districts of Ulaanbaatar, where though geographically on the margins of the city centre, they are actually the largest part of the city in area. ‘This is what I want to portray in the film: a portrait of life in Mongolia that is more of a mosaic made up of small moments and encounters that range on a scale from “traditional to modern,”’ says director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, who graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir with a BA in film direction.

This film is screened with the kind contribution of the Embassy of Portugal and the Camões Institute.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.