Veins Of The World
DIE ADERN DER WELT
2020 • Films • Drama/1 h 37 mins
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Eleven-year-old Amra lives a traditional nomad life in the Mongolian steppe. Besides attending school and caring for the family’s sheep and goats, Amra pores over Youtube clips of singers and dreams of competing in ’Mongolia’s Got Talent’. When his father is killed in an accident, Amra finds his life upended. Survival takes precedence, above education and his cherished dreams. But is working for the illegal gold miners who carve up the steppes the best way to honour his father and his family?
Director
Byambasuren Davaa
Country
Germany
Mongolia
Language
Mongolian
Details
Eleven-year-old Amra lives a traditional nomad life in the Mongolian steppe. Besides attending school and caring for the family’s sheep and goats, Amra pores over Youtube clips of singers and dreams of competing in ’Mongolia’s Got Talent’. When his father is killed in an accident, Amra finds his life upended. Survival takes precedence, above education and his cherished dreams. But is working for the illegal gold miners who carve up the steppes the best way to honour his father and his family?
Director
Byambasuren Davaa
Country
Germany
Mongolia
Language
Mongolian
Accolades
Generation KPlus – Best Film Nominee
Berlin International Film Festival, 2020
Mongolia's Official Submission - Best International Feature Film
93rd Academy Awards, 2021
Generation KPlus – Best Film Nominee
Berlin International Film Festival, 2020
Mongolia's Official Submission - Best International Feature Film
93rd Academy Awards, 2021
Critics
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...'"...is intimate and sweeping all at once…"'
The Guardian
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...'"...arresting portrait of nomadic life…"'
The Guardian
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