The Documentary Sales Company 
Deckert Distribution presents:
State of Dogs

State of Dogs

Belgium / Mongolia 1998
55 min / 91 min 
35mm / Digi Beta
Production:
Inti Films with Balthazar Film,
Magic Hour Films, Crea Video, Tobch Toli, a.o.

State of Dogs is an astonishing mix of personal journey and social commentary. Beautiful and haunting, the film is structured by the reminiscences of Basaar, a stray dog killed by a hunter in Ulan Bator.
Mongolians believe that dogs are reincarnated as human beings, but Basaar is reluctant to accept this fate. Basaar's story is intertwined with Mongolian myth and contemporary verse, taking on the texture of a poetic fable.

English & French subtitles

18 Awards including:
"Grand Prix", Visions du Réel, Nyon
"Grand Prix", Biennale of Graz
"Grand Prix", Maremma Int´l Doc Fest
"Grand Prix" & "Special Jury Award", Seia 
"Critics Award", Sao Paulo Int´l Film Fest
"Silver Award", Hanam Expo, South Korea
"Best Documentary" & "FICC Prize", Kiev 
"Best Feature Film Award", Gava
"Best Script Award", MediaWave, Györ
"Special Jury Award", St. Petersburg

Peter Brosens & 
Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh

Pleas see also our films:
City of the Steppes, 1994
Poets of Mongolia, 1999
Path of Time, 1993