World Cinema
Silent City Driver / Чимээгүй хотын жолооч
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 16th December
- 3.00 pm
- new 1
Screening 2
- 18th December
- 8.00 pm
- ajantha
Sengedorj Janchivdorj
Director's bio
Sengedorj Janchivdorj
Sengedorj Janchivdorj (1976) is a Mongolian filmmaker who studied directing at the “Bers” College of Media and Cinematic Arts. From 2000 to 2003, he was the director of the Film Institute at the National Youth Theatre. After his debut a feature film in 1998, he directed a twenty-episode television series and several feature films. He is also a theatre director. Since 2018, he has been a board member of the Mongolian Film Industry Association. In 2023, his film “Sales Girl” won the Audience Award at the Tartu Love Film Festival Tartuff. Life: Amidral (2018), I, the Sunshine (2019), Khudaldagch ohin (Müügitüdruk, 2021), Chimeegui khotiin jolooch (Silent City Driver, 2024)
Synopsis
Myagmar, 32, spent 14 years in prison for a youthful mistake that cost him his freedom and family. Shunned by society and battling severe health issues, including a stammer and kidney failure, his only companions are 20 stray dogs he’s rescued. Despite countless rejections, his life takes an unexpected turn when a funeral organization hires him as a hearse driver, offering a glimmer of hope and redemption.
Details of Cast
Tuvshinbayar AmartuvshinNarantsetseg GanbaatarBat-Erdene Munkhbat
Details of Crew
DoP Enkhbayar Enkhtur Music Serge Gainsbourg
Producer Details
Ganbaatar Narantsetseg, Naranbat Bayasgalan, Bold Ganbat
Writer Details
Nomuunzul Turmunkh, Sengedorj Janchivdorj
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