The Wolves Always Come at Night

96 minutes/ hybrid documentary

+++WORLD PREMIERE – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – PLATFORM COMPETITION 2024+++

“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, TIFF

Festivals (until end of 2024)

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

Directed by: Gabrielle Brady

Written by: Davaasuren Dagvasuren, Otgonzaya Dashzeveg, Gabrielle Brady

Featuring: Davaasuren Dagvasuren, Otgonzaya Dashzeveg

Director of Photography: Michael Latham

Production Sound: Zendmene-Erdene Ichinnorov

Sound Designer: Carlos E. García

Original Music: Aaron Cupples

Field Producer / Lead Researcher: Dorjpagma Dugar

Editor: Katharina Fiedler

Producers: Julia Niethammer Chromosom Films (Germany) , Rita Walsh (Australia) , Ariunaa Tserenpil Guru Media

Co-Producers: Gabrielle Brady, Oyundari Khurelbaatar

Narrative therapy consultant: Poh Lin Lee