The first Cinema Awards were held at the IMAX Cinema on Friday (19th of May) and the Corporate Hotel & Convention Center. The award ceremony was co-organized by the Arts Council of Mongolia and Mongol Cinema.

Dubbed as the Oscars of Mongolia, the award ceremony was co-hosted by comedy actor T.Barkhuu and model D.Purevsuren.

 The first stage selection of the Cinema Awards considered 47 movies that were made in 2016  for 14 nominations at the film awards.

‘Itgel’, which means ‘trust’, bagged three awards in the categories ‘Best Picture’, ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Music Score’ whereas ‘Best Director’ went to J.Sengedorj for ‘Lovers’, and People’s Artist D.Mendbayar won ‘Best Actress’ with ‘Eej’ (mother).