I'm on the highest point of Pyongyang, and I've just done something shamefully cynical.
To ingratiate myself with my North Korean hosts, I've bowed deeply and laid flowers before the giant bronze statue of their "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung, still officially the country's president, 13 years after his death.
As I turn to walk away, I hear a strange cry -- "whoosh, whoosh!" My eyes pick out someone in military fatigues emerging from behind a nearby shrub and waving frantically at the statue. 
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Scene by Scene's interviewer and scriptwriter, Graham Davis, was part of the production team that scoured one third of the earth's surface in search of the men and women who make half the world's films. Some of these films will find their way to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, a collaboration with CNN, UNESCO and FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) to acclaim films that best reflect their cultural origins and cinematic excellence.