Byamba Sakhya

Byamba Sakhya

略歴

Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Byamba Sakhya graduated All Russian State Film Institute – VGIK as cinematographer. He is a documentary and fiction filmmaker with a long record collaboration on international film productions. His documentary PASSION (2010) won main prizes at film festivals in Asia, the Americas, and Europe; his first feature, REMOTE CONTROL (2013) the winner of the Prince Claus Film Fund Award was supported by the Hubert Bals Script Development Fund and by the World Cinema Fund and was later premiered at the 18th Busan IFF and received the New Currents Award. Byamba is co-founder of Guru Media – a production company. BEDRIDDEN (2020) is his latest feature.

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Byamba Sakhya

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Bedridden
Writer
A multi-generational story of love and loss centered around a young writer who must face the consequences of his egocentric decision to become bedridden.
Bedridden
Director
A multi-generational story of love and loss centered around a young writer who must face the consequences of his egocentric decision to become bedridden.
Remote Control
Editor
Teenage boy Tsog lives in the slums outside Ulan Bator. He sells milk from his neighbor to support his family, with whom he frequently quarrels. The flight of his imagination is Tsog's only solace— he spends hours drawing his hero, a young monk. After a fight with his parents Tsog takes off to the city, where he settles on the roof of an apartment building. From this new vantage point he spots a beautiful but troubled young woman inhabiting a nearby penthouse. Seeking to intertwine their fates— to bridge the gap between their social, economic, and spiritual conditions— Tsog steals a remote which he uses to control the young woman's television set.
Remote Control
Screenplay
Teenage boy Tsog lives in the slums outside Ulan Bator. He sells milk from his neighbor to support his family, with whom he frequently quarrels. The flight of his imagination is Tsog's only solace— he spends hours drawing his hero, a young monk. After a fight with his parents Tsog takes off to the city, where he settles on the roof of an apartment building. From this new vantage point he spots a beautiful but troubled young woman inhabiting a nearby penthouse. Seeking to intertwine their fates— to bridge the gap between their social, economic, and spiritual conditions— Tsog steals a remote which he uses to control the young woman's television set.
Remote Control
Director
Teenage boy Tsog lives in the slums outside Ulan Bator. He sells milk from his neighbor to support his family, with whom he frequently quarrels. The flight of his imagination is Tsog's only solace— he spends hours drawing his hero, a young monk. After a fight with his parents Tsog takes off to the city, where he settles on the roof of an apartment building. From this new vantage point he spots a beautiful but troubled young woman inhabiting a nearby penthouse. Seeking to intertwine their fates— to bridge the gap between their social, economic, and spiritual conditions— Tsog steals a remote which he uses to control the young woman's television set.
A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler
Cinematography
The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.
Passion
Director
An unpredictable and grand road trip over the steppes undertaken by two filmmakers.
Poets of Mongolia
Director
The film starts in Nalaikh where old Mongolchaan is one of the many former miners who - after the closure of the mine - continues digging for coal in order to survive. Despite the extremely severe working conditions, he perseveres to support his children. Mongolchaan sells his coal to Basandorj, a middleman between the coal pits and the power stations in the city. Basandorj delivers the coal to a power station where young Erdenetsetseg is in charge. Despite the harsh environment, she enjoys her life and work. The electricity produced by the power plant enlightens blind Amarjarkhal's apartment. Ever since she moved from Nalaikh to the capital she makes a living as a writer and performer of popular songs.
State of Dogs
Director of Photography
In Ulan Bator, Mongolia, the cur Baatar is shot by a hunter hired by the authorities to get rid off the dogs in the city...