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Zoljargal Purevdash

Zoljargal Purevdash is a Mongolian filmmaker. Her first short film Over the City, Under the Sky (2010) won the Cinema Club Award from the West Tokyo City Film Festival. After graduating from film school in Japan, she returned to Mongolia and worked on several films as a first assistant director. Since then, she has directed two experimental short films called Burgundy (2013) and Outliers (2017), b…

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Stairs

A young man’s dream to make a living in Ulaanbaatar is put to the test when he must navigate the social and physical obstacles in his path.

Rule of the Game

Rule of the Game · 2013

Rule of the Game

MovieComedyDrama

A comedy about a person who misunderstands democracy and freedom, it presents a darkly humorous take on a social tragedy. The five main actors show that everything should have its own rules and regulations, but what can happen if you deviate from them.

If Only I Could Hibernate

If Only I Could Hibernate · 2024

If Only I Could Hibernate

Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his brother and sister in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night looking for things to burn for heat while preparing for the national competition.

Burgundy

Burgundy · 2013

А little boy lives in the poor suburb of Ulaanbaatar with his father who is an alcoholic addict. In his mind, there is always an idea to commit a suicide because his father abuses him permanently. His father spends all his money for Vodka, so the boy bought every single food by 100 grams. This is an experimental short film which wanted to show the boy`s inner feeling by non-traditional editing.

Naked Bulb

Naked Bulb · 2020

A young but sexually frustrated woman fails to fix the broken light bulb of her rental apartment bathroom. She lives with her daughter as her husband does long-term blue-collar work in abroad. After her apartment window cracked, she feels more lonely and naked. When the landlord visits to fix it all, she infatuates with him.

Yellow Bus

Yellow Bus · 2022

An uneducated, migrated nomad Tsetsen works as a ticket seller on a public bus. Due to the smart card reader installation, she loses her job. Her lover persuades her to go back to the countryside with him, but her son refuses.

Outliers

Outliers · 2017

Living in a city is punishment for a nomad who moves freely across the land. Simply waiting at a stoplight is akin to being in a cage.

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Stairs

A young man’s dream to make a living in Ulaanbaatar is put to the test when he must navigate the social and physical obstacles in his path.

Director

Rule of the Game

Rule of the Game · 2013

Rule of the Game

MovieComedyDrama

A comedy about a person who misunderstands democracy and freedom, it presents a darkly humorous take on a social tragedy. The five main actors show that everything should have its own rules and regulations, but what can happen if you deviate from them.

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If Only I Could Hibernate

If Only I Could Hibernate · 2024

If Only I Could Hibernate

Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his brother and sister in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night looking for things to burn for heat while preparing for the national competition.

Director

Burgundy

Burgundy · 2013

А little boy lives in the poor suburb of Ulaanbaatar with his father who is an alcoholic addict. In his mind, there is always an idea to commit a suicide because his father abuses him permanently. His father spends all his money for Vodka, so the boy bought every single food by 100 grams. This is an experimental short film which wanted to show the boy`s inner feeling by non-traditional editing.

Director

Naked Bulb

Naked Bulb · 2020

A young but sexually frustrated woman fails to fix the broken light bulb of her rental apartment bathroom. She lives with her daughter as her husband does long-term blue-collar work in abroad. After her apartment window cracked, she feels more lonely and naked. When the landlord visits to fix it all, she infatuates with him.

Director

Yellow Bus

Yellow Bus · 2022

An uneducated, migrated nomad Tsetsen works as a ticket seller on a public bus. Due to the smart card reader installation, she loses her job. Her lover persuades her to go back to the countryside with him, but her son refuses.

Writer

Outliers

Outliers · 2017

Living in a city is punishment for a nomad who moves freely across the land. Simply waiting at a stoplight is akin to being in a cage.

Director