SUB CATEGORY :

LOTUS ROOTS

COMPANY ENTERING :

NAGA DDB SDN BHD, KUALA LUMPUR

TITLE :

THOSE WHO HAVE REINDEER

BRAND :

NAGA DDB TRIBAL

ADVERTISER :

NAGA DDB TRIBAL

AGENCY :

NAGA DDB TRIBAL, KUALA LUMPUR

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

ALVIN TEOH/PAUL LIM

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

ELLISON FERNANDEZ

COPYWRITER :

ONG KAY JEN

ART DIRECTOR :

ZAHEER KAISAR

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR :

JANICE LIM

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE :

ERIN LOW/ELAINE LIM

AGENCY PRODUCER :

LING CHEN/DAMIEN CHUNG

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

NEW FRONTIER PICTURES, KUALA LUMPUR

DIRECTOR :

SIL VAN DER WOERD/JORIK DOZY

CINEMATOGRAPHER :

NICHOLAS CHIN

ASSISTANT CAMERA :

SKAISTE KAZRAGYTE

PRODUCER :

SEAN LIN

LINE PRODUCER :

BYAMBADORJ ALTHANKHUYAG

PRODUCTION MANAGER :

MIYEGOMBO ALEXANDE

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR :

BUJINLKHAM MYAGMARJAV

DRIVER :

SANSAR KHAISVAI/LKHAGVADORJ LODONSHARAV

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

NEW FRONTIER PICTURES, KUALA LUMPUR

EDITOR :

NICHOLAS CHIN

COLORIST :

NICHOLAS CHIN

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

NEW FRONTIER PICTURES, KUALA LUMPUR

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

NEW FRONTIER PICTURES, KUALA LUMPUR

SOUND DESIGNER :

NICHOLAS CHIN

MUSIC COMPOSER :

KEVIN GRAHAM

CULTURAL CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

KNOWN AS MONGOLIA'S 'REINDEER PEOPLE', THE TSAATAN BELIEVE THAT WERE THESE MAJESTIC BEASTS TO ONE DAY DISAPPEAR, SO WILL THEIR CULTURE. SADLY, THIS IS SLOWLY BECOMING A DREADED REALITY FOR MANY TSAATAN, THANKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A TSAATAN GIRL, WHO REMINISCES HER EARLIER YEARS GROWING UP ALONGSIDE BEAUTIFUL REINDEER HERDS, THE FILM DOCUMENTS THE SLOWLY-DISAPPEARING CULTURE OF MONGOLIA'S REINDEER PEOPLE. THEIR CULTURE CANNOT BE SUSTAINED DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO MOVE TO THE CITY. SOON, IT ALL BECOMES A DISTANT MEMORY – A TALE SO MAGICAL, SOME BRUSH IT OFF AS A FAIRYTALE.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

ONE OF THE LAST REINDEER HERDERS LEFT ON EARTH, THE TSAATAN TRIBE CONSIDER THESE MAJESTIC BEASTS PART OF THEIR FAMILY. JUST AS THEIR CULTURE IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THEIR REINDEER HERDS, SO THEIR EXISTENCE IS TIED WITH THE REINDEER. ONE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER, AND SO THE CULTURE DISAPPEARS AS REINDEER POPULATIONS DWINDLE, LARGELY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE MAGIC OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE BEFORE IT BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST, THROUGH THE EYES OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO EXPERIENCES BOTH NOMADIC TRIBAL LIFE AND THE STARK CONTRAST OF A HARSH CITY.