Under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat and to the surprise of a whole world, the ex-Yugoslavian cult band Laibach becomes the first foreign rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of North Korea. Confronting strict ideology and cultural differences, the band struggles to get their songs through the needle’s eye of censorship before they can be unleashed on an audience never before exposed to alternative rock’n’roll. Meanwhile, propaganda loudspeakers are being set up at the border between the two Koreas and a countdown to war is announced. The hills are alive… with the sound of music.

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World premiere at IDFA (The Netherlands)

Best Film at See The Sound festival Cologne (Germany)

Selected as a opening/closing or special showcase at JeonjuIFF (South Korea), Ambulante (Mexico), SeeYouSound (Italy), DOCVILLE (Belgium), DOCUDAYS (Ukraine), Docaviv (Israel), CliqueFF (Kazakhstan), SydneyFF (Australia), BeatFF (Russia), SarajevoFF (Bosnia and Herzegovina), In-Edit (Spain), Tallinn Music Week (Estonia), Free Zone IFF (Serbia), in total more than 50 festivals world-wide