S3, Ep 9: Inside the Pyongyang International Film Festival

The Young Pioneer Podcast

The Young Pioneer Podcast
S3, Ep 9: Inside the Pyongyang International Film Festival
Dec 31, 2025 Season 3 Episode 9
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In this episode of the Young Pioneer Podcast, Justin Martell and Rowan Beard unpack their once in a lifetime experience attending the Pyongyang International Film Festival, offering rare insight into what it is actually like to travel to North Korea today. From cinema and cultural exchange to logistics, access, and how travel to the DPRK has evolved, this is a ground level update you won’t hear anywhere else.

We also talk through upcoming and last-minute Young Pioneer Tours departures, including January trips to Western Sahara and Benin and Togo. 

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