The situation of North Korean movies between North and South Korea

In the 1980s, North Korea had four film studios: North Korea Art Film Studio, February 8th Film Art Studio, North Korea Documentary Film Studio, and North Korea Science and Education Film Studio. Nearly 100 feature films and documentaries are produced every year.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Pyongyang Film University was established in Pyongyang to cultivate film talents. The university offers majors in film directing, photography, fine arts, performance, and film theory. Most of the film workers active in the North Korean film industry came from this university.

A reward system was established in the early 1960s. There are "People's Awards" for works, and honorary titles such as "People's Artists", "People's Actors", "Meritorious Artists" and "Meritorious Actors" are set up for film workers. There are more than 20 large and small film production companies in South Korea, among which the larger ones include Contract Film Production Company, Donga Xinghang Production Company, Daeyoung Film Production Company, Yuxing Production Company, and Federal Film Production Company. Company, Daiquan Film Production Company, etc. Since the 1980s, the annual film output has been around 100. South Korea has a vocational college that trains film talents: Anyang Film Arts High School. In addition, there are 7 universities with film majors.

In 1962, the South Korean film industry established the film "Big Bell Award". By 1985, the award had been held for 24 times.