The BIFF Mecenat Award is given to exceptional Korean and Asian documentaries in Wide Angle Competition. Each winner is awarded KRW 10,000,000 as funding for their next production.
Situated in the liminal yet very real space between the Internet and a grassland, this film portrays the resilience, heartbreaks and wit of a modern Mongolian family in a deeply moving narrative.
What this film keeps at a distance, it holds most tenderly.Restrained yet warm, it lets girls at the world's edge simply breathe. We cannot solve what they endure — but it refuses to let us look away.
A warm tribute to a shaman grandmother.