Oscar Contender ‘To Hold A Mountain’ To Open In Theaters In December Ahead Of HBO Debut — SkimNews
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- Submarine Deluxe announced it will open 'To Hold a Mountain' at New York's Film Forum on December 16, with a national theatrical rollout to follow.
- The documentary is Montenegro's official candidate for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards and will premiere on HBO and HBO Max in early 2027.
- The film follows a mother and daughter whose pastoral life on Montenegro's Sinjajevina plateau is threatened by government plans for a NATO-backed military training ground.
- Directors Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić spent eight years making the film, which won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance.
- The film is shortlisted for the IDA and European Film Awards and will screen next at IDFA in Amsterdam and DOC NYC.
Why it matters: The film's theatrical release amplifies a local environmental and cultural conflict to an international audience, directly tying NATO expansion to grassroots resistance. As Montenegro's Oscar contender, it elevates a story of matriarchal leadership against militarization, potentially influencing global perceptions of the alliance's local impact.
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