This movie got me out of the doldrums of what looked like a lack-luster year this year at the TFF. It was wonderful. It's a story of life in rural Kazakhstan as seen through the daily life of family that survives through goat hearding. It was in Russian and Kazakh with subtitles and was 100m long but seemed longer. Some scenes had the camera frozen on them for as long as 10 minutes which is maybe why the movie seemed long to me. The director also included many camera pans around the countryside giving an in-depth view of the geography (vast and flat). Director Peter Sellars interviewed the director of this film afterward and there was a Q & A session. The director discussed his technique of editing and cutting less (less is more) to allow significant scenes to play out fully. It was truly an interesing movie, and the director is a very interesting guy who was first an aviation engineer before going to film school later. This was a great start for me at this year's festival.....every year is a good year at the TFF. -Dennis