DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir is a Mongolian screenwriter and director, born in 1989. She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey) with a BA in film direction, then went on to work and teach at the Mongolian School of Film, Radio, and Television (MNB). She also taught at the Institute of Cinematography. She later completed a certificate program in scriptwriting at FAMU (Czech Republic) and through the KinoEyes European Masters program (Portugal). Her short film Mountain Cat was part of the Official Selection at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, whereas Snow in September won the Golden Lion for Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival before winning the Best Short Film at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Her first feature City of Wind won the Best Actor award in the Orizzonti section at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and was selected as the Mongolian entry to the 2024 Oscars. Her two most recent projects were produced by Aurora Films in co-production with the Mongolian company Guru Media.