The Wolves Always Come at Night

2024 / 96 minutes/ Hybrid documentary

World sales by Cinephil // Distributed by Madman

‘La Lucarne’ Auteur spot at ARTE

Watch here on BBC storyville// Watch here on Docplay

World Premiere – Toronto International Film festival, Platform competition

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‘After a devastating storm wrought by climate change forces them from their home in the Mongolian countryside to the city, a young couple are forced to adapt to a new way of life in this breathtaking and heartbreaking hybrid film.

Seamlessly blending documentary and fiction, ‘The Wolves Always Come at Night’ is a timely reminder of the sometimes tenuous foundations of the places we call home. Born to generations of herders in Mongolia’s immense Bayankhongor region, young couple Daava (Davaasuren Dagvasuren) and Zaya (Otgonzaya Dashzeveg) are raising their four children as they were brought up: with an intimate connection to the land and the animals they share their lives with.

After an unexpectedly severe sandstorm leaves a devastating impact in its wake, Daava and Zaya must make a once-unthinkable decision that will irrevocably change their family’s lives.

Director Gabrielle Brady lays bare the emotional ruptures of climate change and urban migration on Mongolian herders, told through the experiences of one family. Dagvasuren and Dashzeveg, also credited as the film’s co-writers, are revelatory. The quiet heartbreak they endure is etched on their faces as they drift ever further from the herding life and culture they deeply love, yearning for a day they can return to their home and hoping, likely in vain, that it doesn’t cease to exist.’

– Jason Ryle, programmer TIFF

FESTIVALS (ongoing)

2024

Toronto International Film Festival, Platform Competition
Zurich Film Festival 2024, Documentary Competition
BFI London film Festival, Main Competition
Ulaanbataar International Film Festival
Rekjavik International Film Festival
Mumbai Film Festival, World Cinema
Adelaide Film Festival, Documentary Competition
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Main Competition
Seville Film Festival
RIDM Montreal Documentary Film Festival
IDFA Amsterdam
Marrakech international film festival, Competition
Camerimage Film Festival, Poland

2025

CPH Dox, Denmark
Dharamasala International Film Festival
Centrefilm Pensilvania
Sydney Film Festival
Mirage, Norway
Doc point, Finland
Pune, India
One world, Prague
Uruguay film festival
Beijing IFF
Jeonju FF, Korea
Trento International film festival, Italy
Green Visions Potsdam, Germany
Silk Road International Film Festival, China
Alpin Film festival, Romania,
New Zealand International Film festival,
EBS International Film Festival
South Korea  EU Asia Documentary festival,
Hong Kong Green Asia network, South Korea
Autans International Film Festival, France
Move It human rights FF, Dresden
Asian Film Festival, Barcelona
Grand Bivouac, France
Golden Apricot International Film festival Armenia
BergBuchBrig, Switzerland
Seoul Eco Film fest, South Korea
Inconvenient Films, Vilnius
San Francisco film festival, US
Santa Barbara film festival, US
True False Film Festival, US
Big Sky Film Festival, US