Context
Magser and Aankhaa are raising their children with their reindeer in the north of Mongolia. Each summer, they welcome tourists and that’s how they met Chloe who was organising horse rides in the Taiga and Regis who was documenting pastoralism. Over the years, connections were forged and the Dukha family eventually invited them to spend part of the winter with them in the remote valleys on the border with Siberia. It was the first time that they had welcomed visitors during the winter.
While Aankhaa stays in the village with their young school-age children, Magser and his two oldest sons keep the herd higher up, where food is more readily available under the snow. At night, the temperature drops, the wind blows and the wolves howl.
Dominique joined them to film this improbable encounter and they all shared the warmth of a tiny stove in the camp's only tepee. The reality that both sides discovered in these cramped conditions, profoundly changed them all.