Have you ever watched North Korean movies? It is really hard to watch a North Korean movie. However, five North Korean movies will be shown at the Ulju Mountain Film Festival in Ulsan, South Korea.

▲ The third Ulju Mountain Film Festival

This festival, Ulju Mountain Film Festival is a festival that held on the mountains of Ulsan. It is inspired from Trento Film Festival in Italy and Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada. It starts on September 6th and ends on the 11th. In the Welcome Center, there are theater and international climbing center. The third Ulju Mountain Film Festival is separated in seven section: Alpinism, Climbing, Adventure and Expedition, Nature and Human, UMFF Focus (UMFF- Ulsan Mountain Film Festival), UMFF Life and UMFF Project. So, we can enjoy various genres.

In here, we can watch five North Korean movies. The organizers of the festival said that Ulju Mountain Film Festival is the only international mound film festival in South Korea, said one movie made by North Korea and America and four North Korean animation movies will be shown in this festival. "The Other side of the Mountain" is the movie about the reunion of two Koreans who are separated. This movie is issued because the actor and actress in the movie married after shooting the movie. The organizer said that the director will meet guests after the movie. Also, four animation movies "Potato in Hyang-gi village" that is about potato farming, "Farmer and dog" that is about a dog that repay farmer's kindness, "An Ant that Rolled Yellow Melon" which is a fable and "A Present by Tree Grandpa".The programmer who planned this project said that it would be hard to find films about mountains, there would be movies about nature and human. So, they planned this project.

▲ Movie, ˝The Other side of the Mountain˝.

To sum up, to watch a North Korean movie, we have to book in homepage before. If this is sold out, the tickets will be sold in the theater by first served. By the way, the third Ulju Mountain Film Festival is successfully finished.

▲ Ulju Mountain Film Festival

Sep. 15th, by 박성현