Twenty-sixth session of Illegal_cinema

Screening proposed by Marcos Urquijo, followed by a discussion.

Screening: Wolmi Island (Cho Kyong-Sun, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 1982)

2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the United States of America. Nevertheless, tension has persisted and the Peace Treaty has not been signed to this day. With the threat of a new Total War between the two nations looming ahead, I propose an introduction to North Korean film, totally unknown in the West, where it has not been screened before. Such is the case that I have preferred to propose a film that I have not yet seen, Wolmi Island (Cho Kyong-Sun, 1982), in order to discover it and analyse it for the first time at Bulegoa z/b, together with those attending Illegal_cinema, in what is to be the absolute Basque premiere of this war film related to the Battle of Inchon.

Marcos Urquijo (San Sebastian, 1985). Being a film buff, in February of 2012 he established the production company Unbe Films. He is currently coordinating the book Primer Libro Fuerza Vital together with J. Nuñez and Karos Martinez B, which he promotes whenever he is given the opportunity to do so, such as in this short text.