FILM TITLE

NETPAC Award Winners, 2025. Ханын зураач / The Muralist

18+

17th March 2026 | 09:00 PM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
Mongolia
Genre

Drama / Arthouse / Poetic Realism

Language
Mongolian
Duration
116 mins
Director

Sengedorj Janchivdorj

Festival And Awards
  • NETPAC Award Winner — 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

  • Official Competition Selection — Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

  • NETPAC Award Winners Showcase — 7th Habitat International Film Festival, New Delhi, March 2026

Synopsis

In the post-Soviet sprawl of Ulaanbaatar, Bayaraa, a muralist who spent his glory years in Europe, returns with nothing but a rooftop tent and fading paints. Each dawn he rappels down an abandoned Soviet-era factory wall, painting mythic Mongolian landscapes across crumbling concrete while a sardonic red balloon — equal parts conscience and Greek chorus — floats overhead. When city officials announce the site will be bulldozed, Bayaraa digs in. His unexpected encounter with a young Japanese interpreter slowly dismantles the walls around his heart — and reveals a decades-old wound: the family he abandoned for art.

  • Cast

    Bayin Erilei (Bayan-Yeröölt), I. Gegeenzaya

  • Producer

    Executive Producer: Khishigjargal Dashdorj

    Javkhlan Sonomdorj Production Company: MFIA

  • Screenplay

    Sengedorj Janchivdorj, based on the novella by D. Khishigjargal

  • Cinematography

    Nergui Erdenekhuyag

  • Editing

    Munkh-Erdene Ganzam

  • Sound

    Batjargal Gankhuyag

  • Music

    Ts. Munguntovch