The 18th Pyongyang International Film Festival (PIFF) is set to go ahead this year, its sponsors told NK News, in what could mark the first return of the event since before the COVID-19 pandemic. 

However, whether international films will be screened or foreign visitors will be able to attend remains to be seen. 

While the website of the Korea Film Export & Import Corporation (KorFilm) had no information about the upcoming edition, an official from the North Korean film entity told NK News earlier this month that it was set to go ahead sometime in September.  

KorFilm “sponsors the