Grand Prix Competition

A MAN CALLED NOMAD
Alex Gabbay, NEPAL,CHINA, 2002/2003, 38', col., video
Director Alex Gabbay
Script Subina Shrestha
Screenplay Subina Shrestha
Cameraman Alex Gabbay
Editing Alex Gabbay
Music Teresa Teng, Gorbo, Choegatar, Jay
Production Barefoot Films UK, con il supporto di International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), The Mountain Institute (TMI), Himal Association

Choegatar is thirty years old, a shepherd and a descendent of nomads who have always populated Central Asia. According to the ancient tradition of transhumance, Choegatar puts his cattle out for pasturing therefore leading an existence without a fixed abode. But times are changing the existence of humankind, even on the Asian steppe: people begin to move their livestock in trucks causing the community to settle. The number of urban inhabitants increases. The arrival of a western lifestyle has brought comfort, although at the expense of a great part of their freedom which a nomad carries within.

DIRECTOR
Alex Gabbay is a cameraman and director for BBC World and lives in Asia. He is just about to finish his doctorate in documentary studies. Among his documentaries are "Un Amor Sin la Vida", "The Doctor's story", "It Takes a Village", and "Kathmandu Untold Stories", all produced in 2002, whereas in 2001 he produced: "A Fistful of Rice", "King for a Day", and "Doctors Story".

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