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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar awarded state awards to citizens in a ceremony in Ulaanbaatar last week. Composer P.Khayankhyarvaa was awarded the title of People's Artist for what the President called his contribution to the development of the musical art of Mongolia. B.Purevdash, the Director of Mongolian Public Radio, was honored as a State Honored Cultural Figure. Finally, Chinbat Ochir, Chief-Editor of the "News of Mongolia", received Mongolia’s North Star award. “News of Mongolia” is published in Russian by the state-owned MONTSAME News Agency. It was founded in 1942.
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
Mongolian art will be on display
beginning Friday in South Korea.
April Festival Mongolia Seoul-2008
will exhibit major Mongolian contemporary artists. The show will run
from April 17 through 24.
During this first-ever art
exhibit, Mongolian artists in attendance will include artisans Tsagaandari
Enkhjar, Gombo-ichin Lkhagvasures, Tsultem Munkhjin, Tsultem Enkhjin,
Tsultem Narkmandakh and Shagdarjavin Chimedorj.
The Mongolian artists will
not only display their work, they will also meet with prominent south
Korean artists.
The exhibition is co-sponsored
by Mongolian Tourism Information Center to Seoul and Art Gallery Asia
(AGA) in coordination with Institute of Fine Art Mongolia.
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
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 The Mongolian Post Company
inaugurated today the first in a series of three stamp sets honoring
Mongolia’s Grand Champion Sumo wrestler Asashyoro.
The stamps in the first set
being issued show Asashyoro dressed in the uniform of a baseball player,
the second is with complete Yokozuna's dress and the third is in traditional
Mongolian dress on horseback.
"Thank you, especially
all Mongolians who have supported me. I am so happy that I won the Spring
Grand Sumo Tournament in keeping with the people's belief," Asashyoro
said during the ceremony.
During the event, a memorandum
was signed between the Asashyoro Foundation and Mongol Post Company
pledging future cooperation.
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
 A dictionary has been published
defining words used in the 13th century text, "Secret
History of the Mongols."
"Secret History of the
Mongols," is an ancient text recording a 500 year history of Mongolia
and its various ethnic groups. The text draws much attention because
it also provides a history of the period of Genghis khan.
The dictionary has been compiled
by Professor B. Sumyabaatar from Mongolia’s Institute of Literature
and Language.
Working on the dictionary for
five years, Sumyabaatar collected 8,144 words from "Secret History
of the Mongols" and provides their modern translations.
"Secret History of the
Mongols" was recognized as a world famous literary masterpiece
by UNESCO in 1989.
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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Yesterday saw the premiere of the internationally renowned movie Khadak Of the Belgian/American director couple Brosens/Woodworth. The movie tells the tale of a boy, whos family is forced to leave their herding ground. The film won a range of awards including the Lion of the Future in Venice.
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, Khadak tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad confronted with his destiny to become a shaman. A plague strikes the animals and the nomads are forcibly relocated to desolate mining towns. Bagi saves the life of a beautiful coal thief, Zolzaya, and together they reveal the plague was a lie fabricated to eradicate nomadism. A sublime revolution ensues.
Mrs. Woodworth, present at the premiere, congratulated the cast and the whole team with its achievement refelected in the many awards. It was exiting for all the see the film at last "come home" to the country it was conceived. After honouring the main actors Mrs Woodworth introduced the movie to the audience. "This is a movie that might raise more questions than answers." And the rather impressionistic movie was quite a change from the regular korean romantics and hollywood action normally screening in the Tengis Kino Theather. But the movie was well received in the Mongolian Arts scene. Mongolian journalist Nomin Lkhagvasuren comments: "The very preciseness of the way the film script captures Mongolian cultural expressions, beliefs and myths, the crude and beautiful reality of living, fused with essential and universal humanity...make this film a potentially unique piece of art. I envision a silence falling down upon an audience after watching the film. Silence where beauty, harmony, courage and thought translate the film into our inner universes, allowing us to open up a space and time for an inner conversation."
The premiere was supported by Naiz.mn
AWARDS
ASIAN FIRST FILMS FESTIVAL IN SINGAPORE
BEST ACTOR: BATZUL KHAYANKHYARVAA
BEST ACTRESS: TSETSEGEE BYAMBA
2006 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LION OF THE FUTURE
BEST FIRST FEATURE
2006 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SWAROVSKI CULTURAL INNOVATION AWARD HONOURABLE MENTION
2006 BRATISLAVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL JURY’S SPECIAL MENTION
ECUMENICAL JURY’S SPECIAL MENTION
2006 FLANDERS CULTURE AWARDS
BEST FILM
2007 SUNDANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WORLD CINEMA JURY AWARD NOMINATION
2007 GOIÀS INT’L ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST FEATURE FILM
CRITICS’ AWARD
2007 CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GOLDEN APHRODITE FOR BEST FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST MUSIC
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST COSTUMES
2007 SPIRIT OF FIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RUSSIA)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (SILVER TAIGA)
2007 OSLO FILMS FROM THE SOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
FIPRESCI AWARD
2007 ASIAN FESTIVAL OF FIRST FILMS (SINGAPORE)
BEST ACTOR NOMINATION
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