New Peter Brosens film in production

Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth are shooting a new film in Mongolia. After international success with movies like State of dogs and Poets of Mongolia, the new project is called The Colour of Water, and has already been awarded "Best Screenplay" by the Berlin-Brandenburger film fund. A synopsis:

Set in the frozen steppelands of Mongolia, The Colour of Water tells
the magical story of Bagi, a 17-year-old herdsboy faced with his destiny to become a shaman.
When a plague hits the land, all the animals are killed and the nomads are forcibly relocated to mining towns.
Bagi subsequently learns that that the plague was a lie.
With the help of a beautiful young coal thief, he provokes a revolution.

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Shangri La Mongolia Update: No Hotel

This is the latest version of what will be build next to the opera building. It still says Shangri La, but apperently it will not be a hotel anymore, but just office facilities. The former printing house, more to the north of the square is being torn down apperently to make place for a... hotel. 

Mongolia's Genghis Khan Craze #1153: Shall we build a Statue?

Plans were announced to build a 40-metre high statue on Tsonjin Boldog hill, 53km outside
Ulaanbaatar. The steel statue of Chinggis Khaan, holding a golden whip, is to be financed by the Genco Tour Bureau.

(to put things in perspective, the dots on the white part are actually people)

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