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Pyongyang International Film Festival
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Korean name
Hangul
평양 국제 영화 축전
Hanja
平壤國際映畵祝典
RRPyeongyang gukje yeonghwa chukjeon
MRP'yŏngyang kukche yŏnghwa ch'ukchŏn

The Pyongyang International Film Festival (Korean: 평양 국제 영화 축전) is a biennial cultural exhibition held in Pyongyang, North Korea. Until 2002, the film festival was reserved to "non-aligned and other developing countries".[1]

History

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The event originated in 1987 as the Pyongyang Film Festival of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries (쁠럭불가담 및 기타 발전도상나라들의 평양 영화 축전).[2] The maiden event, held from September 1 through September 10, showed short films, features, and documentaries that were judged for competitive awards.

The film festival returned in 1990 and would be regularly held every other year.[2] Recurrent subject matter included domestic cinema that commonly praised the high leadership such as a film shown at the 1992 film festival, verbosely translated, Glory of Our People in Holding the Great Leader in High Esteem, and foreign films about revolutionary resistance.[citation needed]

In 2000, officials widened the acceptable breadth of film watching by screening Japanese films for the first time when Yoji Yamada arrived to present six of his films.[3] 2002 saw further relaxation of rules and since then the festival has been open to more than just "non-aligned and other developing countries".[1]

The ninth festival, held in 2004, moderated cultural restrictions further with the screening of a dubbed and censored version of the British comedy Bend It Like Beckham[4] and U.S.-produced South African drama Cry, The Beloved Country.[5] Bend it like Beckham won the music prize[citation needed]Lua error: not enough memory. and later it became the first Western-made film shown on television in North Korea.[6][7]

In 2006, the Swedish horror comedy Frostbite was shown at the festival,[8] the first foreign horror film to ever be shown in North Korea.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. The Schoolgirl's Diary, which was released the same year, became the first North Korean film in several decades to be picked up for international distribution, when it was purchased by French company Pretty Pictures. It was released in France in late 2007.[9]

Organization

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The festival was held in the autumn every two years until 2018; after that, the festival has become yearly, with the 17th edition organized in September 2019. It has an international jury and both competitive and non-competitive submissions. In that sense, it is "structured ... very much like any other international film festival".Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.

Since 2000, the festival has been dominated by films from Western Europe.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Many of the films are censored and often have themes emphasising family values, loyalty and the temptations of money. In 2008, 110 films were shown from a total of 46 countries.[10] South Korean films are not shown because of the current political climate.[11]Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Films critical of North Korea from anywhere in the world are not allowed and neither are sexually explicit films. Anything else goes, and the organizers try to get as many films and visitors to attend.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Diplomatic connections or the personal initiative of filmmakers is what often results in a film being admitted. The result is often "an odd mix" of films that are not united by one genre. In recent years, the festival has enjoyed recent popularity abroad, mainly due to the success of South Korean cinema prompting foreign film enthusiasts' curiosity about the North. Consequentially, film submissions have increased and the selection of films has improved in quality.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.

The festival is one of the few North Korean functions that actively seeks connection with the outside world.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Johannes Schönherr, author of North Korean Cinema: A History and a festival delegate in 2000, said "The Pyongyang International Film Festival is a big propaganda event and foreigners who attend the event become extras in the big propaganda show."[12]

Most Japanese films and all American, Taiwanese and South Korean films are banned in North Korea. Taiwanese and South Korean films are banned because of the anti-communist nature of their countries.

Major award winners

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Year Golden Torch Award Best Director Best Actor Best Actress
1987 1st North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. A Broad Bellflower IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Jamshid Mashayekhi
for The Grandfather		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. O Mi-ran
for A Broad Bellflower
1990 2nd IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Little Bird of Happiness EgyptLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Omar Sharif
for The Puppeteer		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. O Mi-ran
for Traces of Life
1992 3rd North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Nation and Destiny (Parts 1 & 2) IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Alireza Khamseh
for Apartment No.13		 IndiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Shabana Azmi
for Libaas
1994 4th VietnamLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. The Wild Reed (Cỏ lau) (directed by Vuong duc)[13] IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Abolfazl Poorarab
for The Bride		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Kim Kyong-ae
for The Kind-Hearted Girl
1996 5th ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Red Cherry ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Guo Keyu
for Red Cherry
1998 6th North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Myself in the Distant Future IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Khosrow Shakibai
for Long Lost Sisters		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Kim Hye-gyong
for Myself in the Distant Future
2000 7th IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. The Lost Love SyriaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Bassam Kousa
for The Extras		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Jang Son-hui
for The Earth of Love
2002 8th[14] RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. The Star North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Kim Chol
for Souls Protest		 IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Hedieh Tehrani
for Party
2004[15] 9th ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Gone Is the One Who Held Me Dearest in the World ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Wang Zhiwen
for On the Other Side of the Bridge(《芬妮的微笑》)		 RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Svetlana Khodchenkova for Bless the Woman
2006 10th[16] GermanyLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Before the Fall FranceLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Stéphane Brizé
for Not Here to Be Loved		 BelgiumLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Jan Decleir
for Off Screen		 SwitzerlandLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Sara Capretti
for Sternenberg
2008 11th[17] ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Assembly ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Feng Xiaogang
for Assembly		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Saša Petrović
for It's Hard to Be Nice		 IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Bita Farrahi
for Mainline
2010 12th[18] ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Walking to School IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Khosro Masumi
for Wind Blows in the Meadow		 RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Fyodor Dobronravov
for A Man at Home		 GermanyLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Martina Gedeck
for Bets and Wedding Dresses
2012 13th GermanyLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Lessons of a Dream North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.BelgiumLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Nicholas Bonner, Anja Daelemans, Ryom Mi Hwa
for Comrade Kim Goes Flying		 GermanyLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Daniel Brühl
for Lessons of a Dream		 RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Polina Kutepova
for Wind House
2014 14th GermanyLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. My Beautiful Country ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Shi Wei(石伟)
for The Ferry(我的渡口)		 ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Zhou Guangda(周光大)
for The Ferry		 RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Svetlana Khodchenkova
for Vasilisa
2016 15th North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. The Story of Our Home RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Oleg Asadulin
for Green Carriage		 RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Andrey Merzlikin
for Green Carriage		 North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Paek Sol-mi
for The Story of Our Home
2018 16th ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Old Aunt(老阿姨)(North Korean title for the film meant "The Woman Behind the Man") RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Klim Shipenko
for Salyut		 ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Li Xuejian
for Old Aunt(老阿姨)(North Korean title for the film meant "The Woman Behind the Man")		 ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. He Saifei
for Goddesses in the Flames of War
2019 [19] 17th IranLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Orange Days RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Aleksey Sidorov for T-34 ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Shen Teng for Pegasus ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.E Jingwen for The New King of Comedy
2025 18th RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Red Silk[20] RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.ChinaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Andrey Volgin for Red Silk North KoreaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.the actor for Days and Nights of Confrontation(대결의 낯과 밤) RussiaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. Elizaveta Ischenko for Liar(Лгунья)

See also

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References

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