Pyongyang: An international film festival opens Thursday in what may seem the unlikeliest of places: North Korea. Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival offers North Koreans their only chance to see a wide
array of foreign films on the big screen from Britain, Germany and elsewhere (but not America). And it's the only time foreigners are allowed into North Korean theatres to watch movies alongside locals.
This year, festival goers will get the chance to see two feature films shot in North Korea but edited overseas: the romantic comedy 'Comrade Kim Goes Flying,' a joint North Korean-European production, and 'Meet in Pyongyang,' made in
conjunction with a Chinese studio.
While it's true that homegrown movies predictably tend toward communist propaganda with a healthy dose of tear-jerker, North Korea is a film-crazy country. Well-to-do residents pay as much as 500 won (about USD 5 according to official exchange rates) to see new releases from the government-run Korean Film Studio, as well as Russian and Chinese imports.
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