Submissions - How to submit your film?

Please download all the listed forms below and contact us for the address to send the .mov or Mp4 file or preferably DCP to:

1. Application Form
2. Entry Form
3. Regulations
4. Certification

Please note: DCP is the preferred screening format. Online submissions cannot be accepted

Visitor Information - How to visit the festival?

Koryo Tours is the official partner of the Pyongyang International Film Festival, which is now held every year in Pyongyang in September/October. Be there to see the glitz and glamour on Pyongyang¹s red carpet at the opening ceremony!

Koryo Tours' PIFF 2021 tours will attend the festive Opening Ceremony, meet people involved in the DPRK film industry, visit shooting locations for classic North Korean films in Pyongyang and Kaesong, and learn the subtle (or often not so subtle) message and cultural significance of DRPK cinema. Included in the tours are also a special film screening of Koryo Group's co-production 'Comrade Kim Goes Flying' (2012) in Pyongyang, and a Q&A with those involved in the film’s production and promotion. And of course you will also watch Korean and international films with a local audience!

Since 2002, this annual festival has been run as a true international festival welcoming films from around the world, whereas previously the event was reserved for ‘non-aligned and other developing countries’ including: Australia, France, Canada, Malaysia, China, Iran, Pakistan, UK, Mongolia, Thailand, Germany. Koryo Tours has worked closely with the festival organizers to expand and improve the range of films shown at the festival and thus seen by large numbers of the DPRK population. Together with the British Embassy and Ealing Studios, Koryo Tours have arranged for many films from around the world to be entered in competition, the most well-known include ‘Bend it like Beckham’ ‘Mr. Bean Disaster Movie’, ‘The March of the Penguins’, and ‘Bride and Prejudice’. Please note that the final program of events is not released until a few days before the start of the festival.

Contact Koryo Tours about visiting the festival (for questions about submissions please use the contact form below):

Pyongyang International Film Festival Tour!
dates to be confirmed: (Thursday – Wednesday)
5 nights in the DPRK + 1 on the train

From 1,049 EUR per person

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Tour Highlights:

1. Pyongyang International Film Festival Opening Ceremony
2. Watching film screenings in Pyongyang cinemas with local audiences
3. Exclusive DPRK film screening and talk with North Korean filmmakers
4. Tour of Pyongyang cinemas, the Korean Feature Film Studio & other filming locations
5. The North Korea Mass Games
6. Pyongyang highlights: the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum and USS Pueblo, the Pyongyang Metro, and the Juche Tower

Contact

Please contact us with the form below. Your inquiry will be answered promptly.