Western-produced film made in N. Korea avoids 'The Interview' fate, screening approved
Comedy made in North Korea by Westerners to be screened across nation
One of the first films to be made in North Korea with Western directors and producers will be screened across the hermit nation this year - and Kim Jong-un doesn't seem to mind.
While no one knows if he has seen Comrade Kim Goes Flying - a light-hearted romantic comedy with a "girl power" theme - the film does not appear to have irked him as another Western-produced movie did last year.
The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, was at the centre of a hacking scandal just weeks before it was due to be released in December, prompting the US government to accuse North Korea of masterminding a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the company behind the movie. Pyongyang denied any involvement in the hacking.
The Interview's fictional plotline saw the US Central Intelligence Agency recruiting a tabloid reporter to assassinate Kim Jong-un, a story that had the real leader in a huff.
But Comrade Kim Goes Flying, an 82-minute movie filmed in Pyongyang, had been making waves in North Korea long before Hollywood got involved.
The film made history as North Korea's first romantic comedy with Western producers and directors who enjoyed unprecedented freedom in the editing process.