A North Korean movie filmed and produced in the communist state will be screened for the first time in South Korea.
 
The Ministry of Unification and the Employment and Welfare Committee for Audio-visual Industry said Friday that the North Korean film “Sisters” will premiere Saturday at the first South & North Korea Film Screening and will run until the end of October.
 
The organizers of the event said about 70 people, including Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae and movie directors and actors, will attend the event’s opening ceremony in Yeouido, Seoul on Saturday.  
 
Produced in 1993, the movie runs 75-minutes and tells the story of a man who refrains from establishing a relationship with a woman because she repairs shoes for a living. In the end, he decides to marry her after being scolded by his father.
 
Two North Korean movies produced with foreign partners and six South Korean movies with inter-Korean themes will also be screened during the event. The movies will be shown to the public for free at 20 cinemas across the country through October 31.