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Honorable Mention
Title:Gerel, a Tsaatan woman who aerates reindeer milk
Girelee Sambuu, a herder and shaman in the eastern taiga (Mongolia), aerates freshly harvested reindeer milk to make tea. This drink (suutei tsai) is consumed throughout the day by the Tsaatan. This t
Biography:
Valentin (29y) has a scientific and literary education He has won several international prizes for his images. In 2018, he completed a solo 30-day Arctic expedition. Winter 2019, he lived alone in a wooden hut 400 kilometres above the Arctic Circle 2021, his short film Alone beneath the Northern Lights was awarded at 30 international festivals. In 2022, he finished his book and traveled to Siberia for a documentary on the Tsaatan nomads. A medium-length film will be released in 2023. |
