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To Hold A Mountain

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How it feels

In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and her daughter fight to keep their ancestral mountain from being turned into a NATO military training ground. The documentary follows their daily life and their quiet, stubborn resistance.

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What happens

To Hold a Mountain is a 2026 documentary film directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić. It is set in the remote highlands of Montenegro and tells the story of a shepherd mother and daughter who proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground. The film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema Documentary. It has also screened at True/False, CPH:DOX, Cinema du Reel, Visions du Reel, Seattle International Film Festival, Full Frame, Hot Docs, among other festivals. When presenting To Hold A Mountain with the Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema Documentary, the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Jury wrote: "This visually and emotionally stunning film transported us to a remote mountain top and into the most intimate moments of a family fighting to protect not only their land, but their way of life. The truest example of the power of cinema to make the personal political." To Hold a Mountain's Executive Producers include Megan Gelstein, Andrea Meditch, Bianca Oana, Jean Tsien, Petra Costa, Sean Flynn, Ben Fowlie, Lucila Moctezuma, Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Megha Agrawal Sood, Shanida Scotland, Meadow Fund, Julie Parker Benello, and Jenni Wolfson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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