Beyond Utopia

How to escape from the worst prison in the world? A raw report from a place few have ever been able to see.

Beyond Utopia
United States 2023
  • Czech
116 min.
15+
  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia.
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A suspenseful and riveting portrait of the lengths people will go for freedom, Beyond Utopia raises the curtain on life in North Korea as no film has done before. Madeleine Gavin’s acclaimed documentary unfolds like a real-time geopolitical thriller as it follows the efforts of a devoted pastor whose underground network serves as the only hope for North Koreans desperate to escape a life of oppression and to embrace a new world of freedom.

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Credits
Director: Madeleine Gavin
Cinematography: Hyun Seok Kim
Music: Adam Taylor
Sound: Daewon Choi, Daniel Timmons, Tony Volante
Editing: Madeleine Gavin
Producer: Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Sue Mi Terry
Co-production: Janna Devinsky, Daewon Choi
Cast: Seungeun Kim, Soyeon Lee, Hyeonseo Lee, Sunok Park, Jinpyeong Roh, Jinhae Roh, Yeongbok Woo, Younggil Roh
Awards

Sundance Film Festival

2023 – Madeleine Gavin (Audience Award – U.S. Documentary)

Sydney Film Festival

2023 – Madeleine Gavin (Audience Award – Best International Documentary)

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  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia.