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Balapan — Wings of Altai

Best Film on Mountain Culture

Balapan — Wings of Altai

In the Deloun valley in western Mongolia, Sheik Pawli struggles to keep his herds safe from hungry wolves. This year, winter has been particularly rough and an unusually large number of wolves have been roaming around the villages. If the people of the valley don’t fight back, their herds will disappear and they too will die. Sheik Pawli, the famous eagle master, gathers all the breeders of the steppe who own golden eagles in order to organize a large wolf hunt to protect their herds.

“With spectacular imagery, Hamid Sardar takes us to Mongolia to witness a dying cultural practice driven by a background of necessity,” says jury member John Beatty.

France, 2006, 52 minutes

Directed by Hamid Sardar

Produced by Hamid Sardar/Axis Mundi

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