The Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival (UBIFF) which has been a remarkable contribution to the development of of the Mongolian film industry, will be held in Ulaanbaatar on 17-23 October, 2022.

The festival aims to develop the art of cinema in Mongolia, to expand international cooperation of filmmakers, and to bring films that have been selected to prestigious world festivals to the Mongolian audience.

The festival will present 17 feature films from 14 countries including focus country South Korea, France, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey and Sweden, made between 2021-2022, that had been selected and awarded at the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and other A list festivals.

The festival is to open with “Khangarid” Mongolian film. Traditional awards such as “Best Film”, “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay”, and “Best Producer” will be awarded. The winning films will be included in the official Mongolian Film Program and reach the audience.

The ‘New Horizon’ section will start with “The Spouse” (1975) by Sumkhuu Badrakh, and continues with a short film “Snow in September” by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, which has won the Orizzonti award for Best Short Film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival and the IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Film at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022.

Along with the screenings, UBIFF is going to organize International Film Forum to strengthen the filmmakers’ skills and to increase collaboration of the region; and training to develop capacity of assistant directors in Tengis cinema on 20-22 October, 2022. The forum and training will be open to filmmakers, cinephiles and public.