ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Monday, Jun 16 2014 Written by Sugirragchaa Print Email

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Mongolian Film Academy named bests of national film acts and actors of 2013-2014 in the Mongol Shiltgeen June 13. At the fourth edition of the awarding event, the Academy announced "Urgeeleg" (roughly translated as Trapping) as the best film among the nominees including "Garden of Savage Flowers", "Limitless", "Laridma", "Yellow Colt", "The Call", "Symphony of Death", "The Last Song of the Swan", "Sleeping Together" and "Little Siblings of the Steppe". The competition was open to films made and screened since June 1 of 2013. At the short film category, "Step" by B.Chinguun was announced the best among the five nominees, while the best documentary film award went to "Will" by Tsegts Production, which the Film Academy regarded as the best among the seven. In addition to the best film award, "Urgeeleg" was awarded in categories of best actor, best supporting actor, and best director, while the second most successful film of the year "Garden of Savage Flowers" bagged awards of best actress and best supporting actress. The opening film of the 2014 Ulaanbaatar international film festival, "Yellow Colt" received the award of best screenplay.