Ulaanbaatar
'The Wolves Always Come at Night' Film Wins Award at Chinese Film Festival
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar, September 29, 2025 /MONTSAME/. At the 12th Silk Road International Film Festival held in Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China, the film “The Wolves Always Come at Night,” directed by Australian filmmaker Gabrielle Brady, has won the award for “Best Documentary Film.”
The film was jointly produced by the Commonwealth of Australia’s “Over Here” production company, the Federal Republic of Germany’s “Chromosom” Films, and Mongolia’s “Guru Media.” This year’s festival featured 2,825 works from 125 countries. More than 100 films competed in the documentary category alone, from which this film was selected as the winner.
The documentary tells the true story of herder D. Davaasuren and his family from Buutsagaan soum of Bayankhongor aimag, who were forced to migrate to Ulaanbaatar city after being affected by climate change and severe storms. It depicts the values they have gained and lost along the way, and how the nomadic lifestyle and culture that has endured for thousands of years is now facing the challenges of climate change.
Furthermore, the film has been nominated to represent the Commonwealth of Australia in the category of Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards (Oscars). Beginning October, 2025 it will be broadcast to audiences through Univision, DDish, Look, and VOO channels.
Filmed in Mongolia, in the Mongolian language, and portraying the story of a Mongolian family on the Mongolian steppe, this international co-production brought together Mongolian creators with counterparts from the Commonwealth of Australia, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States, the Republic of Colombia, and the United Kingdom. It is noteworthy as the first time such a collaborative film has been nominated for an Oscar.
