AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolian producer and cinematographer Davaasuren Angarag has become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and now has the right to submit movies to the ‘Oscars’, reports news.mn.

This also means that Mongolia has received the right to submit nominations for the Academy Award's "Best Foreign Language Film". The right will take effect on 15th of March in 2017.

Davaasuren Angarag has submitted ‘Golden Treasure’ by Khuvisal Productions for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

In addition, Davaasuren Angarag has qualified to be a member of Producers' Guild of America and will receive a confirmation document next year. His movies led the highest grossing films at the domestic box office in 2008-2016, making MNT 15 billion.

Davaasuren Angarag has worked on such famous Mongolian movies as “Minii Khursh Chutgur” (My Neighbor is a Devil), “Bodliin Khulgaich” (Thief of the Mind), “Dev” and “Anu Khatan” (Queen Anu).