Event Details
WHAT: Film screening of " Comrade Kim goes Flying", an award-winning romantic comedy set in North Korea, introduced by director Nicholas Bonner.
WHEN: January 8, 2022, Saturday 4:00-5:45 PM Beijing Standard Time. Doors open at 3:30. The introduction/screening starts at 4:00 and will end at 5:30. Then the director will answer attendees' questions for 15 minutes.
WHERE: BB Art Cafe & Gallery, The New Mall, M01-03, at Xidan Cultural Square, no. 180 Xidan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. The address in Chinese๏ผๅไบฌๅธ่ฅฟๅๅบ่ฅฟๅๅๅคง่ก180ๅท ่ฅฟๅๆดๆฐๅบM01-02 ่ญ่่บๆฏไธๅ่ถ ๏ผๆดๆฐๅบๅบ)
https://j.map.baidu.com/f4/cSrc
Telephone contact: Sun Xingang 135 8154 7743
By subway: get off at Xidan station and take exit B North to The New Mall.
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: 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. "Comrade Kim goes Flying" is North Korea's first "girl power" movie and the story of a girl reaching for her own dream and carving out her own future. The film is in Korean with English sub-titles and is one hour, 21 minutes in length. "Comrade Kim goes Flying" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (2012) and at the Busan International Film Festival; it became the first ever North Korean film to be shown to a public audience.
See https://comradekimgoesflying.com/synopsis.php
MORE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Nicholas Bonner, a UK citizen, first visited North Korea (DPRK) in 1993 and set up Koryo Tours & Studio, specialising in tourism and cultural projects in North Korea. He has been involved in several art and film projects , including the BBC documentary films "The Game of Their Lives", "A State of Mind", and "Crossing the Line". In 2018 Bonner was associate producer of the travel documentary "Michael Palin in North Korea".
HOW MUCH: RMB 200 for members , RMB 300 for non-members. This price includes two drinks plus snacks from Susu. Numbers are limited; RASBJ members, plus one guest, have priority until January 5th . If you know someone who wishes to join RASBJ to attend this event, please ask them to join as a member as soon as possible at https://app.glueup.cn/org/rasbeijing/memberships/
HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I Will Attend" and follow the instructions to submit your registration request. Once you have done this, you will receive an email notification that your request is awaiting approval. When your request is approved, you will receive a second email confirming your registration and advising you to proceed with payment. If you do not receive the second email, you are on the waiting list. To make sure that you see all RASBJ emails, please check your spam folder.
