Poster of To Hold a Mountain, a film by Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić: a girl and her mother, cheek to cheek, with press quotes from Variety, Cineuropa, Eye For Film, POV, Slant, the International Cinephile Society, The Film Verdict, AWFJ, The Film Stage and Screen International. Winner, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2026.

Synopsis

In the remote highlands of Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, Gara and her thirteen-year-old daughter Nada return to their ancestral pastures every summer, where they herd animals, gather herbs and live in symbiosis with the mountain they call “Mother.” But their fragile world comes under threat when the Montenegrin government advances plans for a NATO-backed military training ground in the heart of this protected landscape. Gara emerges as an unexpected leader in the fight to defend Sinjajevina but, as Nada grows into young womanhood, the encroaching violence on the land awakens questions about her past, her future and the cycle of harm within her family she hopes to break.

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Opens in US theaters December 16, 2026
Debuts on HBO in early 2027

Montenegro’s Official Entry for Best International Feature Film99th Academy Awards

European Film Awards — Shortlist 2027, Documentary

In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.

“Masterful, tender, immersive”
Screen Daily
“Emotionally shattering… the kind of film that entrances its audience”
Variety
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