Film is one of the best ways of connecting across people and cultures. Since the mid 90’s Koryo Tours' founder Nicholas Bonner and our team have produced three full-length documentaries, a feature film, and numerous travel programs both for Western and North Korean viewing.

In addition to film making we are the official foreign co-ordinators of the biennial Pyongyang International Film Festival and have taken in films such as Bend It Like Beckham and Mr Bean to an unsuspecting audience!

Comrade Kim Goes Flying

Comrade Kim Yong Mi is a North Korean coal miner. Her dream of becoming a trapeze artist is crushed by the arrogant trapeze star Pak Jang Phil who believes miners belong underground and not in the air.

The Game of Their Lives

'The greatest sports story never told' - Asian Wall Street Journal

A State of Mind

An observational documentary film following two North Korean schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the Mass Games - the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth.

Crossing the Line

In the 1960’s, four US soldiers serving in the Korean Demilitarised Zone embarked on an extraordinary journey. At the height of the Cold War, this unlikely band of brothers crossed the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to DPRK. No-one knew why they did it.

Centre Forward

Fascinating both as an example of North Korean filmmaking and a strong story of overcoming athletic adversity, Centre Forward is at once inspirational, dramatic, amusing, and educational. Even better,by showing the sport’s importance in societies very different from our own, this illustrates the truly universal appeal of the 'beautiful game'.

Pyongyang International Film Festival

Since 2002 this biennial festival has been run as a true international festival welcoming films from around the world

Departures

Scott and Justin are prepared for perhaps their greatest adventure to date, providing them with a rare glimpse inside the borders of this isolated country

Travelog

The first time a western television crew had ever been allowed into the nation to film

Michael Palin in North Korea

The beloved Monty Python star travels to North Korea for an unprecedented travel documentary