Megumi was granted Special Mentions at this year’s LIDF. This touching docu-fiction about the disappearance of a 13-year old Japanese girl screens at Barbican on June 24 at 20:30. To book tickets, click here.

To read our interview with the director, Mirjan van Veelen, click here. For a film review, click here.

In her latest film Megumi, Mirjam van Veelen tells a story of Megumi Yokota, a 13-year old Japanese girl, kidnapped by the North Korean spies. She talks to Kamila Kuc about the feelings of pain and loss it caused Megumi’s family and how she wanted to express this in the film.

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