Événement

Under The Sun, a film by Vitaly Mansky

"My father says that Korea is the most beautiful country... Korea is the land of the rising sun," says eight-year-old schoolgirl Zin-mi. Despite continuous interference by government handlers, director Vitaly Mansky still managed to document life in Pyongyang, North Korea in this fascinating portrait of one girl and her parents in the year as she prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the 'Day Of The Shining Star' (Kim Jong-Il's birthday). As the family receives instruction on how to be the ideal patriots, Mansky's watchful camera capture details from comrades struggling to stay awake during an official event to Zin-mi's tears at a particularly grueling dance lesson.

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SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS 2016 SXSW Film Festival
2016 Hot Docs Film Festival 2016 San Francisco International Film Festival 2016 Seattle International Film Festival
2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2016 AFI Docs Film Festival Winner - Best Director, 2015 Black Nights International Film Festival Tallinn Winner - Best Documentary, 2015 Jihlava Documentary Film Festival 2015 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2015 DOKLeipzig Documentary Film Festival 2016 Docpoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival