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To Hold a Mountain is a 2026 documentary film directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić. The film follows a shepherdess and her daughter on Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau as they seek to protect ancestral mountain land from becoming a military training ground.
The film premiered in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.[1]
Premise
editThe documentary centers on Gara, a shepherdess living in the Sinjajevina mountains of Montenegro, and her daughter Nada. Their daily life of farming and livestock herding is shown alongside their opposition to plans to use the mountain area for military training.
The film has been described as combining an observational portrait of rural mountain life with an environmental and political conflict over land use.
Production
editTo Hold a Mountain was directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić. According to Sundance, Glomazić first encountered the story of Sinjajevina before beginning work on the film with Tutorov.
The directors described the project as a long-term and immersive work concerned with relationships between people, place, and community.
Release
editTo Hold a Mountain had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it was selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Reception
editKevin Jagernauth described the film as a scenic and poetic documentary about a shepherdess working to protect the land where she lives.
- Business Doc Europe praised the film’s sense of space and its depiction of Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau.
- Variety reviewed the film following its Sundance screening, writing that the documentary was quiet in its storytelling but emotionally powerful.
- Screen Daily described it as a tender and immersive documentary about mountain life in Montenegro.
- IndieWire called it a portrait of pastoral life centered on a mother attempting to preserve a world for her daughter.
References
edit- ↑ Kaser, Anna (2026-01-30). "2026 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners - sundance.org". Retrieved 2026-06-05.