Horse Tamer - Le Cavalier mongol

Hamid Sardar is an award-winning writer, photographer and filmmaker living in Paris. He is a scholar and explorer, who received his PhD in Sanskrit & Tibetan Studies from Harvard University. He participated in the National Geographic expedition that discovered the hidden falls of the Brahmaputra River in Tibet (1999). Over the past twenty years (2000-2019) he has dedicated his time to exploring Mongolia and shedding light on the struggle of various nomadic traditions through his award-winning photography and film work. His photographs have appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Geo, Le Figaro Magazine and Paris Match. His documentary film "The Reindeer People" won the Best Cultural Film Award at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada (2004). His film "Balapan" received the Best Cultural Film Award at the Telluride and Banff Film Festivals in 2006. His third film "On the Trail of the White Reindeer" (2008) won the Best Cultural Film Award at the Banff Film Fest.