Storyline

Nomads follows a 12-year-old boy and his family through a single day on Mongolia’s northern steppe. After a storm mixes the herds overnight, the morning begins with sorting sheep, milking animals, and setting the day in motion. The family moves through the work of the day by catching horses, riding out, and tending to the routines that keep their home running. There is no narration and very little explanation. The film simply observes what needs to be done and how it is done.

Throughout the day, the boy moves easily between work and being a child. He helps with the animals, listens, learns, and then in small moments plays, laughing, riding fast, and shooting a basketball at sunset. Nomads is not about crisis or change, but about an ordinary day lived with skill and care by people for thousands of years. By staying with the family from morning to night, the film offers a brief look at a way of life shaped by the land, now becoming increasingly rare.