Despite their geographical closeness, the cultural divide between North and South Korea is extreme. Directed by Morten Traavik and Christina Sun Kim, North South Man Woman explores this divide through marriages arranged across the Korean demilitarised zone.

Filmed over a period of five years, we follow Yujin, the owner of a matchmaking company for North Korean women and South Korean men. Being in such a marriage herself, Yujin and her husband Yurok make for fascinating subjects, along with a second couple, Hyojuy and Jaewu, set up many years ago by Yujin.

In its undemanding 95-minute runtime, filmmakers Traavik and Sun Kim skilfully toe the line between the personal and the political, often by focusing on the cultural clashes that emerge within these marriages. The film’s co-direction

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