Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema, Dramatic)
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Khadak2006
Sundance and Toronto Festival hit KHADAK is a magical-realist fable that tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad shepherd who confronts his destiny to become a shaman. After a plague strikes their herd, Bagi and his family are relocated to a mining town. There, he saves the life of Zolzaya, a beautiful performer/coal thief. When Bagi discovers that the plague was a government lie fabricated to eradicate nomadic life, he and Zolzaya incite a revolution. Bagi’s shaman powers help rally his people, but will they ever be able to return to their former lives?
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- Tsetsegee Byamba - Zolzaya
- Dugarsuren Dagvadorj - Mother
- Banzar Damchaa - Grandfather
- Bat-Erdene Damdinsuren - Zolzaya's Brother
- Tserendarizav Dashnyam - Shamaness
- Uuriintuya Enkhtaivan - Naraa
- Batzul Khayankhyarvaa - Bagi
- Otgontogos Namsrai - Doctor
- Gereisukh Otgon - Nurse