Dir. Byambasuren Davaa. Mongolia. 2009. 91 min. 35mm.

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An old, broken morin khurr (horse head fiddle) compels singer Urna to take a road journey to Ulan Bator and the steppes of Mongolia. Engraved on the head of this morin khurr, left behind by Urna's grandmother, are incomplete verses from the ancient and forgotten song The Two Horses of Genghis Khan. The fiddle was damaged during the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia. While in search of the missing verses and the music that accompanies them, Urna encounters countless strangers in a changing landscape. By the director of the Academy Award nominated The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003), the film features celebrated Mongolian singer Urna Chahar Tugchi.

Melbourne International Film Festival (2010)
Locarno International Film Festival(2009)

"A gorgeous record of this still little-seen region." — Variety

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Byambasuren Davaa was born in 1971 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. From 1989 to 1994 she worked as a presenter and assistant director at Mongolian state television while also studying law. In 1998, Davaa started to study at the High School for Film. In 2000, she moved to Germany to continue her studies at Munich's Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) in the documentary film department, graduating in 2005. Davaa’s first feature-length film at the HFF was The Story of the Weeping Camel, which she directed together with Luigi Falorni. The film won many accolades, among them the Bavarian Film Award, and was nominated in 2005 for an Oscar in the category of Best Documentary. The film was sold to more than 60 countries. That same year, Davaa's graduation film, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, was released in cinemas in Germany and other countries. For this film, Davaa received numerous national (German Film Award, “Best Children’s – Young Person’s Film) and international awards.