By B.ODONTUYA

The ‘Academy Awards-2012’ movie festival that selects the best films and artists of the year took place at the National Academic Drama Theatre last Saturday on May 12th. Movies which were made and released from January 2011 to May 2012 participated in the festival and competed in 18 different categories. The festival was organised by the Mongolian National Movie Academy in collaboration with the City Art and Culture Department for the second year.
The ‘Bodliin Hulgaich’(Mind stealer) by Wisdom Film production that won the most nominations was awarded with the Grand Prix ‘Best of the Best’ award along with five million MNT and an entitlement to travel to Hollywood. State Honoured director B.Baljinnyam worked as the principle judge of the festival, and actor B.Munkhdorj and State Honoured, composer B.Munkhbold, the representatives of the movie art B.Lhagvadorj, B.Ganbold, and T.Goosh worked as judges.

By M.ZOLJARGAL

Below is an interview of renowned Italian theatre director Massimiliano Finazzer Flory with ‘Undesnii Shuudan’ newspaper

-Is this your first visit to Mongolia?
-Yes. Performances of Italian Theatre are to be played in Mongolia for the first time. I believe this will initiate good cooperation between the two countries. Coming here, Italian actors will try to contribute to Mongolian Theatre arts.
-At this time of year what usually occurs in Italy, especially in the theatre?
-From May until September, International Festivals of literature, music and film occur. It is the most competitive period of year for theatres. Due to the summer time a great number of people come to the oceans to relax. Every town of Italy has its own history so that they organise performances to display their own cultural arts for tourists.
-What is a classical art, especially in theatre for Italians?
-Italians consider classical art as very important. Everyone reveres it due to its great influence in society. All towns in Italy have their own symphony orchestra. Classical art is developed in every part of the country. Italy is unimaginable without its music and operas. I, myself am a drama actor but I work with musical instrument too.
-Can you talk more about your art as an artist?
-My father influenced me to pursue the path of an artist. He had a great sense of art. I grew up in a small town in Northern Italy. Our town has a slightly different culture than central Italy. Every aspect of central Italy intrigued me. I was connected to theatre easily as I was a keen reader when I was a child. First I used to give recitals then I started my career as an actor. Now I’m a theatre director. Lately, I’ve been writing screenplays on my own.

By B.ODONTUTYA

An American rapper, pop singer, songwriter and producer Pitbull (Armando Christian Perez), who is a famous entertainer with millions of fans around the world, will hold a concert in Mongolia. On May 8th ‘Be’ brand, for youths in Mongolia, of Mobicom Corporation has announced that rapper Pitbull has accepted their invitation to perform in Mongolia. The Be brand contracted Angelo Rosario, the representative of Pitbull for Asia, to confirm to Pitbull’s fans that there is no doubt that the famous rapper will be coming to Mongolia. The concert will take place on July 26th at the Central Stadium of Mongolia and besides Pitbull there will also be interesting performances of Aerial Silk aerobatic acrobatics, and a female DJ known as the ‘World’s Sexiest DJ’.

By B.ODONTUYA

B.Chinguun,a talented director who has already gained a position in the short film industry in Mongolia, has recently directed a TV series. Unuudur Newspaper spoke with him about his new work.

-You have directed a TV series? Is this correct?
-The series ‘Naran mandah nutag’ (The country of rising sun) will be starting soon. The series was mostly filmed in Sukhbaatar Province and its 13 sums. It is a special feature of our work that it is filmed by Mongolia’s historical and natural landmarks such as Shiliin Bogd Mountain, Lake Ganga and Altan Ovoo.
-Why did you choose to film in Sukhbaatar Province?
-The executive producer of this series is the head of the Munkhchuluun Foundation M.Zorigt. He is from the Sukkhbaatar Province, and wanted to make the film in his hometown to familiarise people with it. Also his father was born and lived there. The people of the Province helped us a lot with this work.
-Could you please tell us a synopsis of the series?
-We wanted to show many things through the life of two families, Dash’s and Purev’s. We also aimed to answer many questions like how people love and respect each other in modern society, if money is the most important in life, and look at the humanness of people today. We took the idea of the film from the poem ‘Love one another, my people, while you are alive’ by O.Dashbalbar.