In 2015 , film producer and writer Paul Fischer released an English-language biography of Choi 's and Shin 's lives titled '' A Kim Jong-Il Production : The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker '' . In January 2016 , at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival , in the World Cinema Documentary Competition , a documentary about the North Korean ordeal , entitled '' The Lovers and the Despot , '' directed by Robert Cannan and Ross Adam , was presented
2016 Sundance Film Festival
2016 Sundance Film Festival
Choi Eun-hee