UNDER THE SUN

by Vitaly Mansky
  • 2015 Deckert Distribution
  • 2015 SALZGEBER
  • 2015 SALZGEBER

    Synopsis

    This is a film about the ideal life in an ideal country. About how new ideal people are joining this perfect world. We can see how much effort the North Korean people have to undertake to make this ideal world work. Every North Korean is ready to give his life for this world.
    We see the process of the creation of these ideals, we see a girl in an ideal school, the daughter of ideal parents, working at ideal factories, living in an ideal apartment in the center of the capital of North Korea. The girl is going to be prepared to enter the children’s union to be a part of the ideal society, living in the eternal rays of the sun, the symbol of the great leader of the people, Kim Il-sung.

    Festivals

    Award for Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film – Between the Seas, Jihlava IDF;
    Special Jury Award as well as Jury Award for Best Director – Black Nights IFF Tallinn;

    2015 DOK Leipzig, IDFAmsterdam
    2016 Docpoint Helsinki, Docpoint Tallinn