North Korea-Focused Film Fund Bearing North Launches With ‘School for Defectors’

North Korea-Focused Film Fund Bearing North Launches With ‘School for Defectors’

A new private grantmaking initiative dedicated to films about North Korea has launched out of Los Angeles, with an advisory board drawn from documentary filmmaking, journalism, and human rights advocacy. Bearing North, founded by entrepreneurs and film investors Blaine Vess and Esther Paik Vess, will award grants to independent filmmakers worldwide at any stage of production. The initiative covers documentary features, narrative features, and s…