“ulaanbaatar” international film festival


When
2020
Who
The arts council of mongolia
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Description of the policy/measure

Ulaanbaatar governor's office, ulaanbaatar culture and arts department, and the arts council of mongolia (acm) work together to increase international cooperation in the film industry, develop the mongolian film industry, and bring films selected at world-renowned festivals to mongolian audiences. the ulaanbaatar international film festival (ubiff) has been held on a regular basis in october each year. the festival consists of five main sections: mongolian film competition, international non-competition, featured film program, film forum, and film industry training, invited 60 film makers from more than 50 countries that won at the world's best festivals such as cannes, venice, berlin, toronto, locarno, shanghai, sydney, edinburgh, and munich to mongolia and more than 200 films have been presented to 24,000 domestic audiences.

Results achieved

• multilateral cooperation between government, ngos and the private sector has expanded • the festival has gained international recognition • improved the capacity of local filmmakers