Celestial Camel

A gentle coming-of-age road movie set across the Kalmyk steppe, following a boy's journey to retrieve his mother and her beloved camel, blending family bonds with landscape and self-discovery.

When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.