Trails Across the Steppe

Guranay

2021

This film is a realistic record of a sixty-year-old couple living in a remote village (Gurenay) in the Badain Jaran Desert of Alashan, Inner Mongolia plant thousands of mu of ammodendron and euphratica to fight against expanding deserts.

Eastern Memories

2018 · ★ 7.5

At the turn of the 19th and 20th century Finnish philologist G. J. Ramstedt travelled around Mongolia and Central-Asia. In this documentary Ramstedt’s memoirs are heard in the modern day setting, where tradition is replaced with hunger for money, and deserts give way to cities.

The Two Horses of Genghis Khan

2009 · ★ 6.8

An old, broken morin khurr (horse head fiddle) compels renowned Mongolian singer Urna Chahar Tugchi to take a road journey to Ulan Bator and the steppes of Mongolia.

Young Masters: Wild Wind

2023

For the fourth episode of the original series “Young Masters”, NOWNESS CHINA travelled north to the barren and cold expanse of the Hulunbuir Grasslands in October 2022. There, the team met Angchinhuu, a budding horse trainer in her sophomore year of junior high. Described as a “girl like the wind”, Angchinhuu possesses qualities that are typical of teenage girls everywhere: she is restless, daydreams, and is hopeful. She is also exceptionally determined to carry on her family’s profession of training horses amidst the unforgiving grasslands, a remote terrain marked by severe weather conditions.

Here, Right Now

2025

Telmen wants one last normal day with his friends before leaving Mongolia, but they’re determined to make it unforgettable.

The Conqueror

1956 · ★ 3.6

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Close to Eden

1991 · ★ 6.7

A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.

The Leading Wrestler Garuda

1983 · ★ 6.8

Set in 1910's, shows the life of a young wrestler named Dalaitseren.

The Demon

2016 · ★ 4.5

The joys of the youth gather together for the New Year's Eve will lead to unimaginable circulation, interesting events and terrible events.

Хүлээх өрөө

2025

"Everyone waits for different things in life. Waiting for the day to go on a trip, putting money into savings every month; waiting for the day a loved one returns after graduation; being starving and waiting for your instant noodles to cook after pouring in hot water... It's difficult, yet exciting, and also requires patience... So then, what is it like... to wait for life itself?"

Parterre

Oh-seong is a son of an illegal Mogolian immigrant, and a member of a wrestling team in Nam-cheon high school. He wishes to compete in the National Sports Festival but it is impossible for a stateless person. Oh-seong’s mother, Nyamka, is living with a man named Yeong-cheol who had promised to marry her long ago, but it seems Yeong-cheol won’t keep his words. An unexpected opportunity comes to disheartened Oh-seong, but he gets involved in a serious incident.

K

2015 · ★ 5.4

A mongolian interpretation of Kafka's "The Castle".