SVEN ZELLNER PHOTOGRAPHY | DOCUMENTARY FILMS | EXHIBITIONS | VITA | CONTACT |
NINJAS - GOLD RUSH MONGOLIA | MONGOLIAN DISCO | MONGOLIAN NOMADS | NOMADIC CHILDREN | WRESTLERS MONGOLIA | NAADAM - HORSE RACES | BLACK LIVES MATTER |
PRICE OF GOLD | CHILDHOOD IN ROMANIA | AIDS EPIDEMIC ROMANIA | GREENLAND'S FUTURE GENERATION | BAYERISCHER WALD | LANDSCAPES |
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The New York Times MOVIE REVIEW Nomads Looking for Leftovers, the Precious Kind By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS For more than a decade, Mongolian nomads have been illegally prospecting for gold in the Gobi Desert, gleaning the leftovers of the international mining companies that own the mineral rights. In “Price of Gold,” the directors Sven Zellner and Chingunjav Borkhuu observe a ragtag crew of five of these wildcatters, piecing together a noncommittal, occasionally surreal portrait of hardscrabble lives and omnipresent risk.
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ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis 2016 director/ editor/ cinematographer: Sven Zellner co-director: Chingunjav Borkhuu HotDocs Film Festival 2016· Toronto, Beldocs 2016· Belgrade, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2016· Munich · NEUES DEUTSCHES KINO, Brooklyn Film Festival New York, Duisburger Filmwoche 2016, Dokfilmwoche Hamburg 2013, Maximilian Plettau NOMINAL FILM Documentary & Feature Film Production Bayerischer Rundfunk | FFF FilmFernsehFonds Bayern |
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There’s a gold rush in Mongolia, and much like the North American gold rushes at the turn of the 20th century, it has become a capitalist free-for-all where concern for the individual or the environment takes a backseat to the profit margin. Foreign corporations have mined the Mongolian land, but now close to 100.000 rogue Mongolian nomads, known as Ninjas, have begun prospecting for the leftovers. Small independent crews, without the aid of modern technology or equipment, risk their lives digging for a small piece of the action. It’s their land, after all, and they want in on the profit. Price of Gold follows a crew of brave and desperate Ninjas on their illegal digs in the Gobi desert. Stunning cinematography illustrates the vast landscape and claustrophobic conditions of the DIY mines navigated by the determination, ingenuity and utter insanity of this remarkable crew. Lynne Crocker |
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SVEN ZELLNER PHOTOGRAPHY | DOCUMENTARY FILMS | EXHIBITIONS | VITA | CONTACT |
NINJAS - GOLD RUSH MONGOLIA | MONGOLIAN DISCO | MONGOLIAN NOMADS | NOMADIC CHILDREN | WRESTLERS MONGOLIA | NAADAM - HORSE RACES | BLACK LIVES MATTER |
PRICE OF GOLD | CHILDHOOD IN ROMANIA | AIDS EPIDEMIC ROMANIA | GREENLAND'S FUTURE GENERATION | BAYERISCHER WALD | LANDSCAPES |