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Remote Control

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Coming of Age  

  • CountryMongolia,Germany
  • Production Year2013
  • Running Time90min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Making you believe you have something you can’t have. Confusing the boundary between reality and ideals. That is what a remote control, a symbol of convenience, does sometimes. And this illusion starts off from loneliness. Not being able to stand his drunken father and stepmother any longer, Tsog runs away from home and hides on the roof of an apartment building in the city. One day, he is mesmerized by Anu, a beautiful woman who lives on the top floor of the apartment building across from him. He buys a remote control to start watching her TV, and it makes the physical space between Tsog and Anu disappear. Well, at least it does in Tsog’s imagination. He comes to think about what the world would be like if he could change it with the touch of a button. The difference between ideals and reality is also seen through Tsog and Anu’s dream of flying and fear of heights. And Anu’s belief that she could overcome her fear if only she had someone to fly with runs an interesting parallel with Tsog’s loneliness from being estranged from his family. (KIM Ji-Seok)
Director
Director
Byamba SAKHYA
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 1962, Byamba Sakhya graduated from the Russian Film Institute as a cinematographer. A regular collaborator on international productions, he has an extensive track-record as writer, director, DP, line-producer and editor of both fiction and non-fiction films. His films include Umbilical cord (short, 1996), State of Dogs (documentary, 1996). Remote Control (2013) is his debut feature film.
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  • Director Byamba SAKHYA 비암바 사키아
  • Producer Ariunaa Tserenpil, Heino Deckert, Khulan Khashbat
  • Cast Enkhtaivan Baasandorj, Nergui Bayarmaa, Chagnaadorj Ganbaatar, Bayarsanaa Sodbileg, Bayan Ochir Yondonjamts
  • Screenplay Byamba Sakhya
  • Cinematography Charles Libin
  • Production Design Ariunsaikhan (Agi) Davaakhuu
  • Editor Byamba Sakhya, Naomi Spiro
  • Music Sansargereltekh (Sansaraa) Sangidorj
  • Production Company Guru Media,MAJADE
    Mongolia Khan Uul district, Jargalan town 1-4, Ulaanbaatar 17011, Mongolia,Germany Pohlstraße 44, 10785 Berlin, Germany
    ariunaa@artscouncil.mn,berlin@majade.de