Iron Winter

In Mongolia’s Tsakhir Valley, where winter arrives like a force of nature, horses are the line between survival and collapse. Iron Winter plunges into this frozen world as the herders of the valley revive a long-dormant and perilous tradition: sending a massive herd of thousands of horses into the open steppe to endure the deadliest months of the year, guarded by a handful of young men. When the ritual was abandoned under pressure from climate change and modern life, many feared something essential had been lost. Now, against the backdrop of Mongolia’s most severe winter on record, two friends, Tsagana and Batbold, are chosen to bring it back. What follows is an extraordinary four-month ordeal across blinding blizzards, starving wolves, and endless white silence, where every decision can mean life or death for the herd. As the boys push deeper into the storm, the line between tradition and survival begins to blur, and their friendship is tested by exhaustion, fear, and responsibility on a staggering scale. Iron Winter is an immersive and electrifying portrait of endurance, where an ancient culture collides with a rapidly changing world, and where survival itself becomes an act of cultural defiance.DocumentaryPT1H29M2026-10-03AU
Kasimir Burgess
Ben Golotta
Morgan Wright
Samm Haillay
Chris Kamen
Enebish Sengemugaa
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Pickford Film Center