N.C. HEIKIN’S VERY MOVING FILM KIMJONGILIA
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DOCUMENTARY KIMJONGILIA UNVEILS THE STORIES
BEHIND THE MOST ISOLATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
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DOCUMENTARY KIMJONGILIA UNVEILS THE STORIES
BEHIND THE MOST ISOLATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
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Filmmaker N.C. HeikinFilmmaker N.C. Heikin’s critically-acclaimed film, KIMJONGILIA, The Flower of Kim Jong Il (Lorber Films) opens in New York City on Friday, March 19, 2010, following the incredible momentum of participation in numerous international Film Festivals, including its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. Following her historic release from imprisonment in North Korea, where she was held for over five months in 2009, journalist Laura Ling viewed the film. She shares, “Kimjongilia is a haunting look at the reality inside the most secretive country in the world. Told from the perspectives of North Korean refugees who shine light on the atrocities taking place in their homeland, and juxtaposed with clips from North Korea's mass propaganda machine that has indoctrinated citizens to worship the North Korean leadership, Kimjongilia is a film that shocks, enlightens and stays with you.” Kimjongilia is the first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, examining the mass illusion possible under totalitarianism and the human rights abuses required to maintain that illusion. For further information on Kimjongilia, please visit www.kimjongiliathemovie.com, or the Facebook Fan page here. For film times and tickets, please visit www.cinemavillage.com.
ABOUT N.C. HEIKIN:
A student of dance and theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, N.C. Heikin began working at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club upon graduation, with Wilford Leach and Andrei Serban, among others. There, Heikin created the title role in La Mama’s renowned production, Carmilla and created a series of interdisciplinary performance pieces, shown in New York City and at theatre festivals around the world. In 1986, Heikin began screenwriting with commissions from Paramount and Disney and has since done movies for television and episodic work. Heikin made her film directing debut in 2004, with her prizewinning narrative short, mañana, which debuted on Indiepix in May 2008. Kimjongilia is her first documentary. It received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and was invited to the Sundance Story & Edit Lab in June 2008. It premiered at Sundance 2009 and has since played in festivals around the world, including the Sarasota Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Docuwest, Hamburg Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea.
ABOUT N.C. HEIKIN:
A student of dance and theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, N.C. Heikin began working at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club upon graduation, with Wilford Leach and Andrei Serban, among others. There, Heikin created the title role in La Mama’s renowned production, Carmilla and created a series of interdisciplinary performance pieces, shown in New York City and at theatre festivals around the world. In 1986, Heikin began screenwriting with commissions from Paramount and Disney and has since done movies for television and episodic work. Heikin made her film directing debut in 2004, with her prizewinning narrative short, mañana, which debuted on Indiepix in May 2008. Kimjongilia is her first documentary. It received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and was invited to the Sundance Story & Edit Lab in June 2008. It premiered at Sundance 2009 and has since played in festivals around the world, including the Sarasota Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Docuwest, Hamburg Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea.
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