Baikalsee

Lake Baikal has been a sacred place for Mongols, Buryats and Sakha—even Russians, who colonized the area not so long ago, call it "Holy Baikal". Telengut, a Canadian filmmaker of Mongolian origin, uses the Buryat language and exquisite animation to bring to life the lake’s geological history, its geography, the surrounding nature, the mythological background – and we understand the beauty and symbolical importance of the planet’s deepest lake to the Siberian cultures that connect their very existence to Baikal.

Source: Filmfestival goEast 2024