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The Wolves Always Come at Night

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Чоно үүр шөнөөр ирдэг
Gabrielle Brady
Mongolia, Australia, Germany
2024
96 min
Dutch Premiere
Best of Fests
Synopsis

Climate change and the onslaught of desertification have been ravaging the lands of Mongolia. In the last years, hundreds of thousands of nomads have relocated from the countryside areas to urban Ger districts.

Davaasuren and his wife Otgonzaya herd their animals in the Gobi desert just like the generations before them. But the volatile change in nature is putting their future at risk. When half of their herd dies in a dust storm they make the painful decision to move the family to the city.

Director Gabrielle Brady uses some fictional elements to make tangible the richness of the life that is being lost. For Davaasuren and Otgonzaya, losing their animals means losing their identity. Their connection with nature has been severed. Davaasuren is going to work at a quarry, but he is troubled by the idea of breaking open the earth—is it even allowed? The only thing keeping the couple going is the hope of return. One day, maybe.

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Credits
96 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Mongolian
Director
    Gabrielle Brady
    Gabrielle Brady
Production
    Rita Walsh for Over Here Productions ,
    Ariunaa Tserenpil for Guru Media,
    Julia Niethammer for Chromosom Film
    Rita Walsh for Over Here Productions ,
    Ariunaa Tserenpil for Guru Media,
    Julia Niethammer for Chromosom Film
Co-production
    Gabrielle Brady,
    Oyundari Khurelbaatar
    Gabrielle Brady,
    Oyundari Khurelbaatar
Executive producer
    Deanne Weir,
    Alexander Wadouh,
    Stephanie Plattner,
    Emma Hindley,
    Dan Cogan
    Deanne Weir,
    Alexander Wadouh,
    Stephanie Plattner,
    Emma Hindley,
    Dan Cogan
Cinematography
    Michael Latham
    Michael Latham
Editing
    Katharina Fielder
    Katharina Fielder
Sound
    Zendmene-Erdene Ichinnorov
    Zendmene-Erdene Ichinnorov
Sound Design
    Carlos García
    Carlos García
Music
    Aaron Cupples
    Aaron Cupples
Screenplay
    Davaasuren Dagvasuren,
    Otgonzaya Dashzeveg,
    Gabrielle Brady
    Davaasuren Dagvasuren,
    Otgonzaya Dashzeveg,
    Gabrielle Brady
Involved TV Channel
    BBC Storyville,
    SWR/ARTE
    BBC Storyville,
    SWR/ARTE
World Sales
    Cinephil
    Cinephil
Screening copy
    Cinephil
    Cinephil

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