Mongolia | 2022 | Color | Drama | 90 min
DCP | Mongolian | 24 fps | 2.39:1 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
CAST & CREDITS
HARVEST MOON explores the inner world of a child and of a man, and their relationship to their fathers. When his father gets seriously ill, Tulgaa who works as a chef in the city travels back to his village. Soon the father dies, and he decides to stay to fulfill the harvesting his father promised to do. While working in the field he meets a ten years old boy, Tuntuulei, who lives alone with his grandparents while his single mother works in the city. The sharing and the relation between Tulgaa and Tuntuulei make them challenge their own self.
FESTIVALS selective list
- Vancouver IFF 2022
Vanguard Competition
- Pune IFF 2022 India
Global Cinema
- FESCAAAL Milan 2023
- Fribourg IFF 2023
- Beijing IFF 2023, China
Panorama
- Jeonju IFF 2023, South Korea
World Cinema Section
- Seattle IFF 2023, USA
Asian Crossroads Section
Director
Screenwriter
Based on
Cast
Cinematographer
Editor
Costume Designer
Make-up
Colorist
Sound Designer
Music
Production Designer
Line Producer
Creative Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Production
In Association with
International Sales
Amarsaikhan BALJINNYAM
Amarsaikhan BALJINNYAM
Bayarsaikhan BATSUKH
A short novel TUNTUULEI by T. Bum-ERDEN
Amarsaikhan BALJINNYAM
Tenuun-Erdene GARAMKHAND
Damdin SOVD
Davaasamba SHARAV
Tserendarizav DASHNYAM
Delgersaikhan SANAA
Josua FISHER
Bayarsaikhan BATSUKH
Bolor-Erdene NAIDANNYAM
Oyunsuvd JAMBALDORJ
Ankhtamir TUVSHINJARGAL
Evan MILLARD
Odbayar BATTOGTOKH
Bolor-Erdene NAIDANNYAM
Temuujin GALSUREN
Isabelle GLACHANT
Xavier DUMANS
Uran SAINBILEG
IFI PRODUCTION
THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA AUTHORITY FOR FAMILY, CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
WORLD VISION MONGOLIA
ASIAN SHADOWS
ASIAN SHADOWS
AWARDS
- Vancouver IFF 2022
Vanguard Competition, Audience Award
- FESCAAAL Milan 2023
Audience Award
- MiWorld Young FF Milan 2023
Audience Award for Best Feature Film
Big Zebra Award Teachers's Jury
- Fribourg IFF 2023
Best Actor to Tenuum-Erdene Garamkhand
- Asian Summer Film Festival 2023
Critics' Award
Jury's Special Mention
- Insko Film Summer, Poland 2023
Golden Fish for Best Foreign Film
PRESS REVIEWS
"Impressively polished by first-feature standards, Amarsaikhan's exploration of (step)fatherhood in Harvest Moon is undeniably simple but achingly tender, which might well prove to be a winning combination."
-- Amarsanaa Battulga, ScreenAnarchy
"In Harvest Moon, Baljinnyam captures the wistful, melancholic days of autumn through the rolling fields and the bittersweet, temporary nature of the friendship between Tulgaa and Tuntuulei."
-- Margeaux Sippell, MovieMaker