Golden Ger Award
Narrative
Deep Breath
Jargal wants to commit suicide, but he doesn't know why.
Munkhbayar Dambajav, Galsandorj Tsagaantsooj
Best Mongolian Narrative Short
Narrative
Happiness
The Son of a poor family leaves school, he sees an interesting toy. The boy wanted the toy very much, but it wasn't easy to do to get it.
Nomin Gantulga
Best Mongolian Experimental Short
Experimental
The World of Sterilization
The main character isn't able to go to heaven after his death and is stuck in the world of sterilization. He can't forgive himself for not passing on the family line sewing machine to his children before his death and getting cursed. To leave this space, he must forgive himself.
Ankhbayar Khosbayar
Best Mongolian Documentary Short
Documentary
Retired Kids
“Retired Kids” adventurous Баримтат is about a snowboarding adventure which has been filmed in 2018 winter on the way to Khuvsgul province, Khankh sum (subprovince) from Ulaanbaatar. It was filmed in 2018 and made in 2020.
Battulga Gantulga
Best International Narrative Film
Narrative
Stay Awake, Be Ready
On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at street stalls. Meanwhile a traffic accident on a motorbike. The night brings together a sketch, a multicolor frame of reality.
Pham Thien An
Best International Animated Film
Animation
Sororal
Three sisters are facing an impending disaster: the imminent flooding by the sea of the lands where they live. In the midst of such chaos, the sisterly union is shaken up and each of the sisters experiences the imminence of death, in their inner selves, in a different way.
Louise Mercadier, Frédéric Even
Best International Experimental Film
Experimental
Mary, Mary, So Contrary
Repurposing and manipulating classic film footage and the filmmaker’s personal footage, the film weaves a phantasmagoric narrative of a Chinese lady named Ma Li who dreams she is a Caucasian named Mary.
Nelson Yeo
Best International Documentary Film
Documentary
Time and tide
Time and tide is a cinematic essay on the stilling of nature. Film maker Marleen van der Werf closely observes the pace of the ever-changing coast. Following the tides of the wind, her camera slowly encounters the void of stillness. The natural scenery evolves into a simile for an emotional landscape.
Marleen van der Werf