Bell: Actually, we had so much, we had to leave about 200 kilos in Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], the capital city, in a locked room in the airport. The intrepid eagle huntresses Makpal, Aisholpan, Aisulu, Amanbol, and the new generation of eagle hunters' daughters are capturing world attention through photographs and film. The pair of them have done a fantastic job. (Photo courtesy Dennis Keen), In 2009, Reuters released a video of the young eagle huntress Makpal Abdrazakova competing in an eagle festival in Kazakhstan. She's a remarkable young woman, aided in her quest by a remarkable feminist father, Rys Nurgaiv, who supports Aisholpan one hundred percent even as he worries about how the male eagle hunters will treat her. They also misrepresent the historical independence of women in Kazkah and Mongolian culture. It was 22 days of trial and error, in sub-zero temperatures that caused the filmmakers' hands to stick to their equipment. It took up my entire life savings of $80,000. [27], Last edited on 14 September 2022, at 00:12, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, https://egemen.kz/article/29988-on-ushinde-qondyrghan-qolgha-qyran, https://astanatimes.com/2014/03/falconry-tournament-tests-ancient-skills/, "Mongolia's Teen Eagle Huntress Deserves to Be the Next Elsa", "Oscar documentary shortlist focuses on politics and race", "BAFTA nominations: 'La La Land' leads with 11; 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal Animals' nab 9 each - Full list & notable omissions", "Teenage 'Eagle Huntress' Overturns 2,000 Years Of Male Tradition", "The Incredible Story Behind the Film "The Eagle Huntress", "How a movie about eagle hunting nabbed a, "Review: In 'The Eagle Huntress,' a girl from Mongolia soars", "Sundance fights tide with films like 'The Birth of a Nation', "Is The Eagle Huntress Really a Documentary? In that article she said she began going out on hunts with her grandfather as a child and went on her first hunt with her own eagle at age 15. 2016. ", Aisholpan's performance at the competition provides the film with a climax of sorts, but to Bell it felt too much like a sports movie. We caught up with her to find out what life's like in Mongo. Competitions; Wanderlust magazine . Duchardt, Kilmeny. The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is a monument in Turkestan, a city in southern Kazakhstan. Read about our approach to external linking. Otto Bell's fairytale documentary unfolds amidst . No Film School: How does someone who is making their first first film get Stacey Reiss, Morgan Spurlock, and Daisy Ridley on board? That sort of thing. I had Morgan Spurlock's email from years ago, so I cheekily sent him a link to it. "Kazakhstan's Lone Female Eagle Hunter." She was 60. 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(Photo courtesy of Stefan Cruysberghs) One of the heartwarmers at this year's Sundance Film Festival was " The Eagle Huntress ," a documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl living in northwest Mongolia, determined . Director: Otto Bell. FIG 2.10. But you know she'll never be able to hack it in winter.' It was actually quite a dark time. He had stumbled across her in the outside mountains of northwest Mongolia. Despite her criticisms of the film, the historian Adrienne Mayor agrees that Aisholpan is a worthy heroine. How can I help you? It is obvious to any astronomer that some of the brightest objects in the night sky are the planets. 2009. Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a 13-year-old girl living with her nomadic family in Mongolia's Altai mountains, a harsh, unforgiving place of isolation and physical duress. Thanks, everyone! [3] It follows the story of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, a 13-year-old Kazakh girl from Mongolia, as she attempts to become the first female eagle hunter to compete in the eagle festival at Ulgii, Mongolia, established in 1999. Choijiljav, Batzaya. She recognizes no obstacles and refuses to have her ambition denied. We ate together. It's not like you can really direct, either; you can't be like, "Go back to one." By bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. 2015. Archaeologists working in a desolate and remote area of the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan have made a remarkable discovery. For this is an utterly joyous, life-affirming tale about what a girl can achieve when she has determination, application and the support of her family (and especially, though not only, her father): any damn thing she sets her mind to. he casually asked. About this movie arrow_forward The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle. According to Kottak, ___________ is a sacred impersonal force existing in the universe, which can reside in people, animals, plants, and objects. 2.11M subscribers Narrated by: Daisy Ridley The Eagle Huntress Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the. As Belgian photographer Stefan Cruysberghs remarked, Amanbol and Bazarbai are "the new generation [who] will make sure these ancient traditions will be kept alive." FIG 2.8. Shooting 'The Eagle Huntress'Credit: Andrew Yarme, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. "Lauren McGough Apprentices wtih Eagle Faconers in Mongolia." So he put them in the film. Adrienne Mayor's paper, The Eagle Huntress - Ancient Traditions and New Generations, mentions a number of Kazakh women who have trained or are training to hunt with eagles, Otto Bell (centre) with Aisholpan's parents at the Ajyal film festival in Doha in December, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash. FIG 2.5. He passed away between Sundance and Telluride, so we dedicated the film to him. Aisholpan, National Geographic 2014, and Otto Bell's The Eagle Huntress Sundance poster 2016. Incredible article and inspiring story. Looking forward to seeing this. Her achievements are impressive. By 2012, her father Murat Abdrazakov was training three new girls aged 8, 12, and 15 in Kazakhstan. Photographer's Blog, Reuters, March 6. http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/06/kazakhstans-lone-female-eagle-hunter/. Take your career and your day rate to the next level. 4.3 51 Ratings. http://realscreen.com/2016/02/12/celluloid-dreams-picks-up-the-eagle-huntress/, Saito, Stephen. But since antiquity, the challenging conditions on the steppes have meant that men and women engaged in strenuous riding and other activities together. [4] It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.[5]. Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Idaho House Where 4 College Students Were Stabbed To Death Will Be Destroyed. That was as close [to staging] as we got.". [26] They also donated the $3,000 prize money they received from winning Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival to this fund. No Film School sat down with the films charming helmer, Otto Bell, to find out. He saved the film. 2016. (Photo by Terry Allen). They're intense, and they're determined to hunt. Thegoal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe. Bell: Yeah, we drove back to the village every night right on the border there between Mongolia and China. Tarim,! But as the project progressed, he says, "it just became very clear that it was a story about a dad and his daughter. FIG 2.7. But the curmudgeonly views of these mostly elderly men were not expressed at the eagle festival, where officials and competitors were supportive, she says. NFS: That's awesome. http://www.catersnews.com/stories/animals/golden-eagles-spectacularly-spread-their-wings-to-catch-their-prey/, Kremer, William. 88-minute documentary with Aisholpan, Rys Nurgaiv and Daisy Ridley, narrator. Tradition stands in her way. Meanwhile, in 2009-2013, the eagle hunter Kukan taught a young American woman, Lauren McGough, to be a brkitshi. It is up for a Bafta award on Sunday night but missed out on an. As far as reconstructing stuff and staging stuff, what you see on the screen is what we got.". Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, tired platitudes of a second-rate Disney animation, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Ruling party wins Nigeria's presidential election, Daily walk prevents one in 10 early deaths - study, Finland starts construction of Russia border fence, Ancient mummy found in delivery man's bag, Denmark scraps holiday to boost defence budget, Drone crash near Moscow was failed attack - governor, Pictures show devastation after Greece train disaster. Truly overnight, he introduced me financiers. Jan. 26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1AuX2v0KGg&ebc=ANyPxKrGAA9rbsdHRmQPckpsIlvlfz650dckpgie6VKJ2qqe18vSjhT2qz6P9exypxTjrmLefR0a, Real Screen . What would you say to other filmmakers who find ourselves in the position that you were in, like, Shit. The hardest thing I've ever done in my life. mana. Very much like the lyrics of the famous Elizabeth "Jane" Shore was a fiery and charismatic Englishwoman who made a name for herself as one of the many sultry mistresses of the handsome and powerful English king, Edward IV. New York Times, Women in the World, Oct. 16. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/10/16/ashol-pan-eagle-hunter/, Torrelio, Sebastian. What am I doing?. We took about 700 kilos [1500 lbs.] After the competition, she takes the final step toward becoming an eagle hunter by traveling with her father to the mountains in the winter to hunt foxes, braving snowy conditions and extreme cold. He is a two-time champion in the annual Golden Eagle festival; his father was a champion, too. And it's one of a number of scenes that some critics have assumed was staged. In early 2014, inspired by Svidensky's photos, film maker Otto Bell flew to Mongolia to secure the rights to Aisholpan's story, stating that he felt a sense of responsibility to carefully bring her story to life through film. Svidensky and Bell returned later in 2014 to film Aisholpan capturing a fledgling eagle (Ak Kanat, White Wings) and competing in the festival in Ulgii, where she won her first eagle hunting contest. One of my biggest expensestruly, of my life savingswas excess luggage. Earth-2's version of Bruce Wayne . Children commonly help to care for the eagles, go along on hunts, and attend eagle festivals. That's to Grandpa. It sounds a little like a Disney movie, perhaps, but The Eagle Huntress is a documentary of uncommon beauty, shot in western Mongolia in three grabs between July 2014 and February 2015. "Expert Falconers to Gather in Kokshetu." Udriin Sonin (Daily News , Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) Jan. 21. https://dnn.mn/n-aisholpan-the-eagle-huntress/. Under many of her Instagram photos featuring Makpal Abdrazakova ) 2016, reprinted in on. Reuters YouTube video, Dec. 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxzClfYV6WY. Not everyone continues eagle hunting: military service, education, marriage, family, and employment can intervene. We had a Ronin Steadicam, and we had these crappy old Russian vans. Makpal says Kazakh elders (with one exception) gave their blessing because they remembered that women used to hunt with horses, dogs, and eagles.. ", Additional reporting by Grace Brown in Ulan Bator, and Mike Wendling in London. I contacted him on Facebook, we Skyped, and very quickly we decided to head out there and talk to the family about making a film. Seeing commitment and talent in me they bestowed me with an eaglet/baby eagle which they thought/predicted could become a best hunting eagle in the future." A highly educated nomad, she was photographed with her eagle in 1932, where she was buried after her death in 1983. Aisholpan hunting for foxes in the Altai mountains. Marianne Williamson Signals 2024 Presidential Run. "A 13-year-old Eagle Huntress in Mongolia." Watching the film, a cynical viewer may fear that Aisholpan has been coached when she says: "Girls can do anything if they try." "Get lost! That year, a young horsewoman with an eagle appeared at the festival in Ulgii, Mongolia; in 2013, a young eagle huntress attended the festival in Nura, Kazakhstan. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% approval rating based on 126 reviews with an average rating of 7.41/10. He brought such professionalism to the project. Directors Otto Bell Starring Aisholpan Nurgaiv Genres Sports, Documentary, Adventure Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Just make sure you finish it. Aisulu's parents approved her wish to be a burkitshi at age 11, noting that her grandfather would be very proud. She ends up winning the competition, and her eaglet breaks a speed record in one of the events. Except the conflict never really happens. "My feeling was just because it's a true story that doesn't mean it can't also be beautiful. "You feel sorry for her enacting some of these charades.". VideoRescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Nirgidma with her eagle. As a little girl in Mongolia, Aisholpan dreamt of flying an eagle like her Dad. An extraordinary young woman, Aisholpan has become an empowering example for girls around the world. Having guests has a true intrinsic importance to their lives. "better-than-Disney magic" - a spot-on assessment of this breathtaking film. It's my first film. NFS: What do Aisholpan and her family think of the film? But while the academic Adrienne Mayor suggests Bell went searching for these naysayers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, in Andrews' latest article about the film Bell says he just went round knocking on elders' doors, and all openly voiced disapproval. "We took about 700 kilos [1500 lbs.] The shot is framed and the camera is rolling when the conversation between the two men takes place outside the tent, and the girl is summoned to receive the old man's good wishes. Otto's story and his film are indeed inspiring. [7], The Eagle Huntress premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it was purchased by Sony Pictures Classics for the US and Altitude Film Distribution in the UK. Especially in the winter.". The Eagle Huntress is so beautifully shot you'd almost book passage to visit this isolated world in Mongolia by the China border. Bell: They're a very hospitable people. The film was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature but was ultimately not nominated. "[21] Aisholpan has described the opposition she faced in her own words.[22][23]. Thanks for the inspiration. Rent $3.99. The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. ", "In retrospect, it was the biggest gamble I've ever taken.". Just mountains, tents, gers, and goats. "The first time I saw Aisholpan, having flown across the world to see her, was incredible," Bell has said. 2014. He told me: 'We need to think about what my father thinks of this.' The Lido in Hawthorn is hosting a preview on March 13, with an exhibition of photos taken at the Golden Eagle festival by former Big Day Out photographer Sophie Howarth in the foyer. Were theonlyPop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives. For weeks at a time. Her father, like his father before him, hunts with a majestic golden eagle, and Aisholpan dreams of carrying on the family tradition . Featured image: 13 year old Asholpan, Eagle Huntress. Lauren McGough, American eagle huntress in Mongolia, 2009-2013. "We did it in one take, on the first afternoon. <br /><br />Set in the beautifully mountains of Bayan -Ulgii province, in the far west of the open steppes of . It's true, too, that he felt he had the makings of a cool little fable about female empowerment on his hands if only he could make it. There are other moments that critics grumble about. Bell has a series of elder-statesmen in the rarefied world of eagle hunting address the camera with their views: it's not for girls; women should make tea, not hunt; women are not strong enough. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to becom See more 28,736 peoplelike this 28,954 people follow this http://theeaglehuntressmovie.com/ theeaglehuntress@gmail.com Movie Photos See all Videos See all 0:16 Happy #EarthDay! That one, he says, came out of order, but nothing else did. Dec. 2, 2016. "What a baby sees in the nest, it then repeats when it grows up.". of gear, about 28 Pelican cases. They found the remains of an adolescent couple from 4000 years ago in Last week, Ancient Origins reported on the fascinating discovery of a golden treasure left by the ancient Saka people in a burial mound in Kazakhstan. "I think eagle hunting would be open to any young woman who would want to pursue it," Mayor says. Therefore, the director strives to depict the picture of modern eagle hunting in Mongolia through Aisholpan's story. 2014. Aisulu, at age 5, teaching a young eagle to balance while perched on a horse. Will Dunn in the New Statesman is also bothered by the film's "re-enactment and editorialising", though he notes that without the imposed girl-power narrative it's "a film about the fox-hunting techniques of Mongolian Kazakhs, a subject that is not exactly a banker at the box office". No malls, no Shake Shacks. At the end of The Eagle Huntress, Aisholpan: kills a fox and finally becomes an eagle huntress. Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a 13-year-old girl living with her nomadic family in Mongolia's Altai mountains, a harsh, unforgiving place of isolation and physical . AtAncient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. Why Are You Sleeping on the Killer Feature of the Fujifilm X-H2 Line? We had a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera on the DJI S1000 drone. Can't wait to see it. "It looks like 30 people shot it, but in reality it was only three of us.". "It was all laid out for me. "I wanted to not have a client or brand objectives, that sort of stuff," he says. I also printed out [protagonist] Aisholpans photographs and physically posted them to the Warrior Poets' office. Nope. Released November 2nd, 2016, 'The Eagle Huntress' stars Daisy Ridley, Nurgaiv Aisholpan, Nurgaiv Rys, Alma Dalaykhan The G movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a user score of 71 . For thousands of years this was how the nomadic peoples of the northern steppes from the Caucasus to Manchuria hunted for survival. Read about our approach to external linking. The documentary, The Eagle Huntress, directed by Otto Bell, follows apple-cheeked, 13-year-old Aisholpan, a member of a tribe of Kazakh semi-nomads, as she learns the art of eagle hunting from her . These stunning photographs show the changing face of a majestic centuries old Kazakh pastime tradition that still lives in the lands of mongolia - eagle hunters. After some initial misses, her eaglet successfully kills its first fox and she returns home. Finding the Right Balance Between Weird and Cinematic with Cinematographer Ross Riege, Documentary Filmmaker/Multi-platform Producer. 2015. The Eagle Huntress is a 2016 internationally co-produced Kazakh-language documentary film directed by Otto Bell and narrated by executive producer Daisy Ridley. 2015. There's a certain pride in their identity and this ancient tradition, so they quite liked exhibiting it. He was weeping. The film starred her older brother Bazarbai when he was 12. (In Russian, Nov. 28, on Murat Abdrazakov teaching three eagle huntresses in Kazakhstan), http://forbes.kz/life/zavershilsya_chempionat_rk_sredi_berkutchi?platform=hootsuite, "Kazakhs Revive Eagle Hunt Traditions." Acknowledgments: Thanks to Deborah Armstrong, Bek/Back to Bek Travel, Ariunbold Dorjsembe, Meghan Fitz-James, Alan Gates, Dennis Keen, Byeibitgul Khamsen, KentMadin, Lauren McGough, Agii Makhsum, and Dauit Daukysh Ryskhan. By the very nature of training, there's a lot of repetition. He was broke, but a friend had years earlier given him an email address for Morgan Spurlock, the gonzo documentary maker who came to fame with Super Size Me. Martina, who shot lots of lovely verite and lived with the family for a few weeks to kind of get a texture of everyday life, shot with a C300. Man in Peru Caught Out Drinking With an 800-year-old Mummy! A lot of things broke. He said, "It's fantastic. "The blessing scene - he said he was going to do this, I just asked him to do it outside. That was the question for Simon Niblett, director of photography of documentary The Eagle Huntress, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is planned to unspool during the Telluride. The film's soundtrack features the original song "Angel by the Wings" by Sia, which was released worldwide on 2 December 2016. Whats the Truth Behind the All-Seeing Eye of Providence? Anyone strong enough to carry an eagle can begin apprenticeship with one's own eagle. When you've got a mother eagle circling above, threatening to descend on you, you tend to do things pretty quickly.". THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of 13-year-old Aisholpan's desire to be the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her family. 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