These are eight films you can’t miss at the 2nd Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival, which will take place from June 18th – 23rd (2020) in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

About the Festival:
The PyeongChang International Peace Film Festival aims to create a peace mood in Korean Peninsula through cultural exchange and encourage to make films with themes of peace, coexistence and prosperity by supporting competitive sections.

Selected Films:

A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick – USA, Germany | 2019 – 180 minutes

During World War II, Jägerstätter, an Austrian living in Germany, is called to serve in the army but refuses to fight for the Nazis.

Schedule:
June 20th, 2020 | Alpensia Cinema | 11:00 am
June 22nd, 2020 | Alpensia Cinema | 11:00 am

Trailer:

Camille by Boris Lojkine – France, Central African Republic | 2019 – 88 minutes

French photojournalist Camille Lepage goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.

Schedule:
June 19th, 2020 | Potato Club House | 18:30 pm
June 22nd, 2020 | Daegwallyeong Library | 18:30 pm

Trailer:

Identifying Features by Fernanda Valadez – Mexico, Spain | 2020 – 97 minutes

Magdalena embarks on a journey to search for her disappeared son. Along the way, she meets a young man deported from the United States at the Mexican border.

Schedule:
June 19th, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 13:00 pm
June 21st, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 11:00 am

Trailer:

La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante – Guatemala, France | 2019 – 93 minutes

Enrique, a retired army general convicted of genocide in Guatemala, hires a new maid named Alma. But soon he starts to suspect that she is there to seek vengeance against him.

Schedule:
June 20th, 2020 | Eoulmadang | 18:00 pm
June 22nd, 2020 | Alpensia Cinema | 17:00 pm

Trailer:

Nafi’s Father by Mamadou Dia – Senegal | 2019 – 107 minutes

A fight breaks out between an local imam and his brother over their children’s marriage.

Schedule:
June 20th, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 11:00 am
June 22nd, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 14:00 pm

Trailer:

Our Mothers by Cesar Diaz – Guatemala | 2019 – 78 minutes

In Guatemala in 2018, young anthropologist Ernesto hears from an old lady about his father who went missing during the war.

Schedule:
June 21st, 2020 | Eoulmadang | 18:30 pm
June 23rd, 2020 | Daegwallyeong Library | 13:30 pm

Trailer:

This Is Not A Movie by Yung Chang – Canada | 2019 – 106 minutes

The story of journalist Robert Fisk who has reported on conflicts around the world.

Schedule:
June 19th, 2020 | Potato Club House | 11:00 am
June 21st, 2020 | Alpensia Music Tent | 18:00 pm

Trailer:

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness by Massound Bakhshi – Iran | 2019 – 89 minutes

As her old, wealthy husband suddenly dies, Maryam is accused of murdering him.

Schedule:
June 19th, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 17:30 pm
June 21st, 2020 | Alpensia Concert Hall | 15:30 pm

Trailer:

For more information about the films and how to watch them please go to the official website: http://pipff.org/