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9th Pyongyang Film Festival Opens

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, September 13 (KCNA) -- The 9th Pyongyang Film Festival opened Sunday at the Pyongyang International Cinema House. Present at the opening ceremony were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, officials concerned, script writers and screen actors and actresses, working people in the city, delegations and delegates from different countries and a delegation of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
    Invited there were foreign diplomatic envoys and embassy officials here.
    Kim Jong Ho, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of the Unions of Literature and the Arts of Korea who is chairman of the organizing committee of the festival, said in his opening address that the current festival would be an important occasion in deepening the sentiments of friendship and unity among movie men and women from different countries and developing in scope cooperation and exchange in moviedom just as the past festivals gave a striking illustration of the idea of independence, peace and friendship.
    Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, said in his congratulatory speech that it has become a tradition of the festival to make a significant contribution to accomplishing the human cause of independence through the exchange of achievements and experience gained in the development of national movies of various countries and strengthened interchange and cooperation among them in compliance with the requirements of the times and desire of the popular masses for independence and peace.
    Noting that leader Kim Jong Il had shown deep concern to the preparations of the festival, though he was pressed for time, giving constant on-the-spot guidance to defend the sovereignty of the country and the nation and open a wide avenue of building a great prosperous powerful nation, he wished all the participants big success in the festival.
    The heads of the Nepalese and British delegations in their congratulatory speeches extended thanks to Kim Jong Il for his deep concern for a success of the festival, and to the DPRK government and the organizing committee of the festival.
    They said the festival guided by the idea of independence, peace and friendship would give a powerful impetus to friendship and unity among the world people and development of national cinematographic art.
    A reception was arranged at the Okryu Restaurant in the evening by the organizing committee of the festival and the Pyongyang City People's Committee for the participants in the festival.