‘Bright Future,’ About Youth Festival in North Korea in 1989, Debuts Trailer as Syndicado Launches Sales at IDFA (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Syndicado Film Sales has boarded documentary “Bright Future,” which has its world premiere at IDFA.
Variety debuts the trailer here. The film is the directorial debut of Romanian archive researcher Andra MacMasters. “Bright Future” goes back to the summer of 1989 when thousands of young people from various nations gathered in North Korea for the 13th edition of the World Festival of Youth and Students.
The festival, which championed peace, friendship and anti-imperialism, took place at a pivotal moment in history. The students “were dancing on the edge of a volcano,” as the film’s narrator states.
In a statement, the director said: “In the last chapter of the Cold War, for one week, North Korea became the global meeting point for 20,000 people coming from 166 countries.
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