By Hahm Hee-eun

The Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival (PIPFF) will be held in the cities of Gangneung and Pyeongchang and around Geumgangsan Mountain in June next year.

The Gangwon Film Commission met with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Film Promotion Committee in March to discuss holding the Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival in line with the ongoing reconciliation being seen these days on the Korean Peninsula.

In the early 2000s, before inter-Korean relations became tense, the film industries of the two Koreas had worked on a joint film project, and North Korean films were purchased and screened at the Busan International Film Festival.

An official from the Gangwon Film Commission said, "Through this film festival, we hope to overcome political and social barriers of the past, and take the first step in 2019, the 100th anniversary of Korean film. We hope that this film festival will become a stepping stone for overall inter-Korean exchanges in the arts and culture more broadly."


hehahm@korea.kr