Byambasuren Davaa

Byambasuren Davaa

Byambasuren Davaa , actually Dawaagiin Bjambasüren ( Mongolian Даваагийн Бямбасүрэн ; * 1971 in Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia ) is a Mongolian documentary filmmaker and director.

Life

Byambasuren began her career in 1989 - parallel to studying law - as a presenter and assistant director for Mongolia's state television. From 1995 to 1998 she graduated from the Ulaanbaatar College of Film Art. In 2000 she went to the University of Television and Film Munich to study documentary film and television journalism . There she shot her second film with Luigi Falorni for her intermediate diploma : The Story of the Weeping Camel . This documentary was a great success worldwide and was nominated for an Oscar in 2005 in the category Best Documentary . Davaa made her graduation film at the HFF in 2005: The Cave of the Yellow Dog . In June 2008, shooting began on Davaa's new feature documentary The Song of the Two Horses with the Mongolian singer Urna, which celebrated its world premiere in August 2009 on the Piazza Grande in Locarno. The song of the two horses started on June 3, 2010 in German cinemas and has been shown at more than 30 international film festivals. In addition to theatrical releases in Holland, France, Spain and Switzerland, the film will also be released in Mongolia for the first time in 2012.

Filmography

• 1993: One World, Two Economies (Mongolian TV, video 2 × 45 min.)
• 1999: The orange horse (45 min.)
• 2001: The Desire (10 min., 16 mm)
• 2003: The story of the weeping camel (pre-diploma film)
• 2005: The yellow dog's den (diploma film)
• 2009: The Song of the Two Horses (movie)

Awards

• 2003: Bavarian Film Prize (Documentary Film Prize ) for The Story of the Weeping Camel
• 2005: Directors Guild of America Award for The Tale of the Weeping Camel
• 2005: Oscar nomination ( Best Documentary ) for The Story of the Weeping Camel
• 2005: German Film Award for The Yellow Dog's Den
• 2006: German Film Award - Best Children's and Young People's Film for The Cave of the Yellow Dog

literature

• Byambasuren Davaa, Lisa Reisch: The yellow dog's den. A trip to Mongolia , Malik 2005, ISBN 978-3-89029-304-2

Web links

• Byambasuren Davaa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Conversation with Byambasuren Davaa, Weltwach , August 2018

Mongolian name: As is customary in Mongolia, in this article the patronymic is in the genitive case before the proper name. Thus Davaa is the patronymic, Byambasuren the proper name. The person is addressed with their proper name.