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Daughter of Genghis

Christian Als, Kristoffer Juel, Denmark, 2024

80 min.DK/Documentary

A seven-year odyssey through Mongolia's underworld with nationalist gang leader, hardcore feminist and single mum Gerel, who wears a black balaclava and fights for a racially pure Mongolia and to look after her son Temuulen.
33-year-old Gerel Byamba is a complex woman. A fiery nationalist, shaman, violent gang leader and indignant, hooded avenger. As the leader of the all-female, ultra-nationalist organisation Gerel Khas, she fights to protect Mongolia from sex work and Chinese miscegenation. She fights for women’s equality, but abandons her son on the altar of the nationalist cause. ‘Daughter of Genghis’ is a seven-year-long tale from the Mongolian underworld, about a nomadic people struggling to protect their identity and freedom in a rapidly changing country. We experience Gerel Byamba’s conflicted, violent life during a time when cracks of doubt appear in her otherwise solid armour. Is violence the right path for Mongolia and herself? How can she protect the future of her people? Your ideological map of the world is thoroughly challenged along the way.
Basic information Credits
Original title Daughter of Genghis
Danish title Daughter of Genghis
Keywords Mongolia, Nationalism, Nazism, Crime, Women, Racism, Superstition, Mother-son relationship, Single mothers, 2010-2019, 2020-2030
Director Christian Als, Kristoffer Juel
Screenplay Knud Brix, Knud Brix, Estephan Wagner
Producer Andreas Dalsgaard
Director of Photography Kristoffer Juel, Christian Als
Editor Estephan Wagner, Denniz Göl Bertelsen, Cecilie Marie Damsgaard, Per K. Kirkegaard
Sound Ted Krotkiewski
Composer Joaquin Garcia
Appearance Gerel Byamba
Production country Denmark
International sales Taskovski Films
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Companies

Production company Elk Film, Taskovski Films
Co-production Mantaray Film AB
With support from Det Danske Filminstitut, FilmFyn, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet, Creative Europe, Danmarks Radio, SVT, VGTV, VPRO TV

Direction

Direction Christian Als
Direction Kristoffer Juel

Script

Script Knud Brix
Screenplay Knud Brix
Screenplay Estephan Wagner
Research Elizabeth Fox

Production

Producer Andreas Dalsgaard
Line producer Almagul Karagaz
Line producer Elizabeth Fox
Co-producer Stina Gardell
Co-producer Christoph Jörg
Financial producer Kasper Lykke Schultz
Associate producer Sofie Husum Johannesen
Associate producer Miriam Nørgaard
Production manager Ogi Burneebaatar
Production manager Birgitte Keseler

Cinematography

Cinematographer Kristoffer Juel
Cinematographer Christian Als

Editing

Editor Estephan Wagner
Editor Denniz Göl Bertelsen
Editor Cecilie Marie Damsgaard
Editor Per K. Kirkegaard

Music

Composer Joaquin Garcia

Sound

Sound designer Ted Krotkiewski
Sound mixer Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen

Visual effects

Graphic design and poster Paul Wilson
Graphic design and poster Nadja Ehlers

Appearance

Appearance Gerel Byamba

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