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| Photo Courtesy of Icarus Films |
UNDER THE SUN will make its North American Premiere in March at the 2016
SXSW Film Festival. The film will make its North American Theatrical
Premiere on July 6, 2016 at Film Forum in New York City followed by
engagements across the U.S. and Canada.
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| Photo Courtesy of Icarus Films |
“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 manages to document life in Pyongyang, capital city of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in this fascinating portrait of
one girl and her parents in the year that Zin-mi 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 captures details his handlers might
prefer left unseen, from comrades struggling to stay awake during an
official event to Zin-mi’s tears at a particularly grueling dance
lesson.
The contract for the distribution of UNDER THE SUN was signed by Heino
Deckert for Deckert Distribution and Jonathan Miller for Icarus Films.
Bookings are now being accepted for festivals and theaters across the
U.S. and Canada.
UNDER THE SUN Trailer from
Icarus Films on
Vimeo.
