UB international film festival opens
The 9th Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival started in Ulaanbaatar.
UB international film festival opens. The 9th Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival started in Ulaanbaatar. The festival opened with the film ‘Children of Genghis’ directed by D.Zoljargal. Children of Genghis’ film has been qualified to nominate in the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, becoming very first Mongolian film to compete in the Academy Awards. ‘The festival has chosen the USA as its featured country, thus American film days will be organized in cooperation with the US Embassy in Mongolia. Moreover, the Arts Council of Mongolia plans to screen films produced in many different countries, which were awarded at international film festivals of Cannes, Berlin, Pusan, Freiburg, Kazan and Venezuela. The festival objectives are to boost the cooperation in film industry, to empower Mongolian filmmakers and to deliver the world’s best films to Mongolian audience.
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