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Amarsanaa Battulga

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Amarsanaa Battulga’s Biography

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Amarsanaa Battulga (阿木) is a freelance film critic, programmer, and researcher based in Ulaanbaatar.

He has served on film festival juries at the Locarno Film Festival (2024), the Hong Kong International Film Festival (2025), the Singapore International Film Festival (2025), the Golden Ger International Film Festival (2024), and the Kharkhorum International Film Festival (2025).

As a pre-selector and programmer, he has worked with True/False, Glasgow Shorts, BlackStar, Cambridge, Berlin NewGen,…

Amarsanaa Battulga’s Journalist Portfolio

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On the Coal Road: Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on his Tribeca-premiering 'Colors of White Rock'

On the Coal Road: Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on his Tribeca-premiering 'Colors of White Rock'

Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on why he prioritized the personal over the political in his Mongolian mining doc, …

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The A Report (2025 H2) - Mongolia

The A Report (2025 H2) - Mongolia

A report on the state of Mongolian film industry in H2 2025.

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The Film as Wish: Dongnan Chen on Her CPH:DOX Winner 'Whispers in May'

The Film as Wish: Dongnan Chen on Her CPH:DOX Winner 'Whispers in May'

Dongnan Chen on co-creating her CPH:DOX winner Whispers in May with three Yi girls in Liangshan-and why she w…

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Review: Green Grey Black Brown

Review: Green Grey Black Brown

A review of Green Grey Black Brown by Yuyan Wang for the 19th Glasgow Short Film Festival.

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Review: Abortion Party

Review: Abortion Party

A review of Abortion Party by Julia Mellen for the 19th Glasgow Short Film Festival.

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Union Work for the 21st Century: Srđan Kovačević on 'The Thing to Be Done'

Union Work for the 21st Century: Srđan Kovačević on 'The Thing to Be Done'

In this interview, Srđan Kovačević discusses his Ljubljana-set observational documentary, The Thing to Be Don…

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On the Coal Road: Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on his Tribeca-premiering ‘Colors of White Rock’

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Colors of White Rock. All stills courtesy of Petite Maison Production Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on why he prioritized the personal over the political in his Mongolian mining doc, Colors of White Rock Post-1990 Mongolia has been defined by neoliberalism and mineral exploitation. Coal, the country’s single largest export, flows daily by the tons into China through many border ports in the Gobi Desert.
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The Film as Wish: Dongnan Chen on Her CPH:DOX Winner ‘Whispers in May’

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By Amarsanaa Battulga
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Whispers in May. Courtesy of the filmmaker Dongnan Chen on co-creating her CPH:DOX winner Whispers in May with three Yi girls in Liangshan—and why she wanted cinema to be a gift in the present, instead of waiting for impact later In the remote Liangshan mountains of China, there are many kids who are left to their own devices while their migrant worker parents roam the country for jobs.
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Union Work for the 21st Century: Srđan Kovačević on ‘The Thing to Be Done’

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Capitalists have never run out of new ways to exploit the working class. How, then, are today’s workers keeping pace in finding new ways to fight back? Continuing his focus on labor rights as seen in his first film, Factory to the Workers (2021), Serbian filmmaker Srđan Kovačević seeks an answer to this question in his sophomore feature project, The Thing to Be Done, which premiered in the International Competition at DOK Leipzig.
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