‘Remote Control’ to be seen at international film festivals

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Mongolian film ‘Remote Control’ by S.Byamba was included in the program of Belgium’s ‘Moovee’ international film festival that ran from April 27 to May 4. Last October, the Mongolian-German co-production ‘Remote Control’ shared a top prize with South Korean film ‘Pascha’ at the 18th edition of the Busan International Film Festival. Since then, the film has been invited to many prestigious international festivals, including this ‘Moovee’ film festival that intends to present the best films from Asia, Africa and Latin America to Belgian moviegoers. ‘Remote Control’ was screened in the official selection – competition section of the festival, along with the world best films such as Rotterdam Tiger Award winner ‘Han Gong-ju’ by Korean Lee Su-jin, Berlin Silver Bear winner ‘Blind Massage’ by Chinese-French Lou Ye, and Istanbul Best Turkish Film Award winner ‘I am not Him’ by Turkish Tayfun Pirselimoglu. After Moovee, ‘Remote Control’ has been invited to international film festivals of Seattle (May 15 – June 8), Munich (June 27 – July 5), London (October 8 - 19) and Warsaw (October 10 - 19). The film revolves around Tsogoo (Enkhtaivan Bassandorj), a young man hailing from a broken rural family -- alcoholic father, cold stepmother, a crooked elder brother who has long bolted to the city -- whose regular milk-selling trips to capital Ulaanbaatar has opened his eyes to a life (possibly) less ordinary. After one bust-up too many with his parents, he leaves for the city and camps atop an apartment block where he surveys everything below and begins to dream of leading the lives he sees.