Golden Treasure shooting for Academy Awards

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Mongolian film – the Golden Treasure is competing for the right to to become the Best Foreign Language Film nominee of the forthcoming 89th Academy Awards. The film made it to the top 20 among total of 50 works. The first three films will have a passage to be nominated to the Oscars. The Academy Awards require the best foreign language films to raise social problems regarding the environment, ecology, human rights and gender equality. The key message of the Golden Treasure is directly connected to the gender issue. For the above reason, EFILM and the Motion Picture Association of America have given authorization to screen this movie in theatres of the USA. The film made a profit of over USD 3.0 million after premiering. The storyline shows a family of a locally celebrated national wrestler Tseveen, who desperately wants a son, but instead has three daughters, and decides to raise his fourth daughter in a manner of a man. His decision was caused by the “social” pressure to have a son as he was a wrestler, which is the symbol for masculinity. Tseveen names his youngest daughter Taivan, dresses her as a boy and forces her to act like a boy. As the girl grows up, the family moves farther away from the crowd. The film continues with unexpected turns in the young girl’s life.