The true story of Aisholpan, a thirteen-year-old Mongolian girl, who dreams of becoming the first eagle huntress and succeeds in competing in the annual Golden Eagle Festival. This young nomad wishes to demonstrate that “a girl can do anything that a boy can do, so long as she is determined”. First of all she must convince her father Agalai – a master eagle hunter – to train her in this ancient art, which has been handed down from father to son for generations. The story is set in the Altai Mountains in northern Mongolia, in the most remote part of the country, a place where women have always been considered too fragile to hunt with eagles. Aisholpan intends to show everyone that they are wrong.