TALLINN, Estonia — Mongolian filmmaker Sengedorj Janchivdorj is back in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “ The Muralist ,” one of 16 world premieres in the main section.

One of Mongolia ’s most acclaimed and prolific filmmakers, Sengedorj won the festival’s Grand Prix in 2024 for “ Silent City Driver ,” which has gone on to represent Mongolia in the international feature film category at 2026’s 98th Academy Awards.

A visually striking meditation on art, memory, and reconciliation, “The Muralist” is the film Sengedorj says he always wanted to make: “I’ve been making movies for over 20 years. One of my secret and biggest dreams was to make a movie about an artist. In my other movies, there was always an artist in the background. This time, the muralist i

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