Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Directing
Biography
Lkhagvadulam (Dulmaa) Purev-Ochir is a Mongolian writer and director. After graduat-ing with a BA in film direction, she interned at Mongolian National Broadcaster where she trained under renowned Mongolian filmmaker Jigjidsuren Gombojav. She taught at the Mongolian School of Film, Radio, and Television, as well as The Institute of Cinema- tography. She graduated with MA in screenwriting from KinoEyes European Filmmaking Masters in 2018. She is currently pursuing her PhD in screenwriting. Her feature debut project “Ze” attended the Torino Script Lab 2019 and Locarno Open Doors Lab 2019. She has been invited to the Locarno Open Doors Hub 2020. Her latest short film Mountain Cat, based on “Ze”, was chosen for Cannes Shorts in Competition 2020.
Known For
Ze, a 17-year-old, studies hard at school to succeed in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. When Ze encounters Maralaa, his senses are awakened and another reality seems possible.
City of Wind
A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.
Mountain Cat
Azaa and Shagai, a couple in their late 20s, are living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with their daughter. On the verge of divorce, they search for happiness in empty high-rise buildings.
A South Facing Window
Davka is a teenager who lives in the decaying Soviet buildings in Ulaanbaatar. With his classmate, Anuka, they talk about manga and tease each other about sex. When Davka encounters an older woman, his ideas about intimacy and his view of relationships are forced to change.
Snow in September
This film tells the story of the love affair between Chuludai and Gansukh, two elementary school students from the same grade, and how their attitudes and desires for life are manifested. The funny and instructive events of the students who want to leave childhood behind and live a happy life as adults show how their own opinions are formed through the relationship between the same grade.