Pyonglywood, le Cinéma et la Corée du Nord

5.0

Ned, Tassot, Yossot

March 2023 •German

About five years after her film, Hana, dul, sed ... (2009), filmmaker Brigitte Weich returns to North Korea to ask four women on the national football team how their lives have evolved. In a friendly and congenial cooperation between the filmmaker and her protagonists, a work arises that not only tells about the concrete life of a professional athlete in North Korea, but also poses the question of the images that we all make of ourselves to give meaning to our lives and the world.

4.8

Hana, dul, sed

October 2009 •Korean

A film about four young women in Pyongyang who share a passion for football. The documentary follows their journey from national team players to retirement, highlighting their friendship and the impact of football on their lives.

8.0

Propaganda

February 2013 •English

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.

6.8

The Game of Their Lives

October 2002 •English

A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The feature includes interviews with surviving members of the team, English fans and soccer pundits who saw the North Koreans upset Italy, 1-0.

0.0

President Trump: Tweets from the White House

October 2020 •English

The engrossing one-hour special uses evocative archive and a cast of charismatic political experts and former members of Trump's administration, to unpick how, in just 140 characters, Twitter has changed the way political communication takes place in the US. It is the story of a social medium platform and the first social media president, which reveals how both Twitter and Trump have grown their brands at the same speed over the course of the last decade. Each tweet is a window into the context of our times, and the mind of Donald J. Trump. In chronological order, they take us on a journey into some of the most important stories, events and issues of the modern world - an election result that polarized a country, the first ever meeting of a US president with a North Korean leader, immigration, pandemics, race relations, impeachment, and the 2020 presidential race.

7.3

My Name Is Loh Kiwan

February 2024 •Korean

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

0.0

Choir of God

December 2025 •Korean

North Korea, facing international sanctions, seeks assistance from a Hungarian NGO to build churches in Pyongyang as a way to bypass the sanctions.

7.3

Escape

July 2024 •Korean

After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.

0.0

The Day the Mountain Cried

January 2020 •Korean

In 1950s North Korea, during the war with South Korea, Son-a, a stunningly beautiful young girl, saves the life of Il-kyu, a wounded soldier left behind after a brutal battle. Despite being thrown together by tragic circumstances, the innocent young lovers' relationship blossoms, only later to be cruelly severed due to being born into opposing sides of a fight. When Il-kyu leaves to save his mother, he promises to return and Son-a waits for him for a lifetime. Separated by war and countries between them, broken hearted Il-kyu tries everything to return to her in the North. But political realities between the countries make their reunion impossible. As the years go by and their youth slips away, Il-kyu finally gets an unexpected opportunity to fulfill his wish and return to her.

0.0

Eun-seo

May 2019 •Korean

North Korean Refugee Eunseo has been living in South Korea for 20 years. Now she is almost South Korean. No one knows she came from North Korea. Then her mother, who has been out of contact, comes to South Korea, and gets to live with her. People get to know that Eunseo came from North Korea, and Eunseo starts to feel uncomfortable with her mother.

0.0

A Pencil Cannonball

January 1983 •Korean

North Korea Animation that teaches the importance of learning Geometry.

0.0

The Voice Calling Me

January 2003 •Korean

A film about a bulldozer driver who worked hard in reorganizing and developing the land in Hwanghae-namdo to make up for his father's wrongdoings during Korean War, and finally became a member of the Korean Workers' Party (Chosŏn Nodongdang) in North Korea.

0.0

Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North!

November 2011 •Korean

When a boy from North Korea finds a unique Christmas gift sent up from South Korea, he suddenly becomes the most popular child in his small town. But how long will it take for his new toy to attract the wrong kind of attention?

0.0

Under the Hammer of the Nazis

December 2014 •German

March, 2013. A sensational, incomparable find in the basement of a Munich auction house: 44 auction catalogs from the years 1936 to 1944, containing hand-written notes from the Third Reich. Katrin Stoll, present-day owner, takes a brave step and decides to have her own company's history investigated. Adolf Hitler was the worst art thief in history.

0.0

Anahita

October 2022 •Persian

A survey of the history and areas surrounding the Anahita Temple in Iran, with interviews of residents whose homes were demolished by the Iranian government due to new excavations.

10.0

The Little Church That Could

June 2022 •English

Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many connections and history to the rest of the world.

9.0

Janette et filles

October 2022 •French

Janette Bertrand, 96, is at the time of the balance sheets. Where are the women, where is the fight for gender equality? An hour of History with a capital H and Love with a capital A, to not forget anything and, above all, never stop moving forward.

6.0

Les territoires de la défonce

January 1986 •English

This routine documentary on drug addiction among Belgian youth also looks at famous people who were addicted to one drug or another, such as Baudelaire and Freud, and the narrative skims through eras in history in which drug use was common. Among the periods and places mentioned are the English opium trade in China, drugs in the renaissance, and in ancient Rome. Many of the addicts in Belgium come from middle-class families or better and it is implied that they turned to drugs out of a sense of alienation or because they had nothing better to do. Drug users tended to start with casual substances but quickly turn to the more seriously addictive heroin or cocaine.

6.8

Germany: A Summer's Fairytale

October 2006 •German

A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.

7.6

Riding Giants

July 2004 •English

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.