DAUGHTER OF GENGHIS
Kristoffer Poulsen, Christian Als | Denmark, Sweden, France, Mongolia 2023 | 85 min. | Mongolian with English subtitles
THURSDAY, 16.05. | 8 pm
Votiv Kino, Gr. Saal | TICKETS
SATURDAY, 18.05. | 9 pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
Austrian premiere
In presence of Christian Als
In Ulaanbaatar, single mother Gerel leads a violent neo-nationalist feminist gang of women fighting for the purity of Mongolian blood against foreign exploitation and appropriation. In this struggle, her son Temuulen is neglected and Gerel runs the danger of losing everything that is important to her as life changes around her. Gerel’s views are inevitably called into question when both her relationship with her growing teenage son and the country itself undergo transformation.
DAUGHTER OF GENGHIS accompanies Gerel and her son for seven years on an emotional journey of transformations of a country and a mother caught between entrenched ideologies and new realities of life.
Directors: Kristoffer Poulsen, Christian Als
Cinematography: Kristoffer Poulsen, Christian Als
Editing: Estephan Wagner
Sound: Joaquin Garcia
Production: Elk Film
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
CPH:DOX
BIOGRAPHIES
The directors, Kristoffer Poulsen and Christian Als, are experienced and awarded photo journalists. This is their debut as feature documentary directors.
Director Christian Als has worked as a reportage photographer and filmmaker worldwide for leading Danish and international newspapers with a particular focus on wars and disasters, but has increasingly focused on long term projects at the edge of the globa l media agenda.
Director Kristoffer Juel Poulsens primary work is now within documentary and as a storyteller Kristoffer’s starting point is always a deep interest in understanding other people and their life choices.
