JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

Journey to Cinema

In a society where images are created every second, the JEONJU International Film Festival attempts to watch films properly.
To not only watch a film but also understand it, cinema experts in each field will share their knowledge from the historical and cultural context and their own interpretations.

* Journey to Cinema runs for 60 minutes after the screening.
* Fee: 12,000 KRW (including film screening)
* Please note that interpretation is only provided for the sessions noted separately.
* The session below may be possible to change depending on the festival circumstances.

Screening Code: 265

Chantal AKERMAN + Agnès VARDA

We invite you to journey into the films of Agnès Varda, the personification of the French New Wave, following in the footsteps of her life.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and English)

Date & Venue May 3 (Fri) 19:30 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Moderator Beatrice LOAYZA (Film Critic/Historian)

Screening Code: 310

The Hut

We look through the celebrated work of the magnificent director Lee Dooyong who represents Korean cinema, The Hut, and discuss the turbulent history of Korean cinema and the genre of Lee Dooyong.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 10:00 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Moderator KIM Youngjin (Film Critic)

Screening Code: 301

Cinephile JEONJU for Shorts

A dear friend and supporter of JEONJU IFF Director Haden Guest of Harvard Film Archive returns with three films in 35mm format to talk about the unique and beautiful U.S. experimental cinema of the 60s, 70s, and 90s.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and English)

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 10:30 JEONJU Digital Independent Cinema

Moderator Haden GUEST (Director, Harvard Film Archive)

Screening Code: 320

Hookers on Davie

A rare 80s Canadian film Hookers on Davie will be screened for the first time in the world at JEONJU IFF in its digitally restored format. Not only that, The Rubber Gun and Winter Kept Us Warm that will also be screened this year highlight the sociocultural context of Canadian cinema during the 60s through the 80s, and we will also discuss the digital restoration of the three films.

* This session runs for 90 minutes after the screening.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and English)

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 14:30 JEONJU Digital Independent Cinema

Moderator David MARRIOTT (Co-founder at Canadian International Pictures & Arbelos Films)

Screening Code: 359

Expanded Cinema for Shorts 3

Bill Morrison, the master of found footage films, brought with him a more contemporary story this time. Please join us as we look into his world, focusing on the film Incident that tells the story of the terrible 2018 Chicago police shooting.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and English)

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 19:30 JEONJU Digital Independent Cinema

Guest Bill MORRISON (Director)

Moderator SEO Hyun-suk (Professor, Yonsei University Graduate School of Communication & Arts)

Screening Code: 409

The Flower in Hell

One of director Shin Sang-ok’s early works, The Flower in Hell seamlessly drifts between structures of realism and melodrama and invites us into a special place in post-war Korean society.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 5 (Sun) 10:00 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Moderator KIM Hong-Joon (Director, Korean Film Archive)

Screening Code: 513

Mist

We delve into the unique aesthetics of the late director Kim Sooyong and his exploration into modernity through his film Mist that represents Korean modernist cinema.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 6 (Mon) 10:30 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 4

Moderator KIM Hong-Joon (Director, Korean Film Archive)

Screening Code: 547

Piagol

Piagol stirred up controversy of ideology at the time of its release and has since been acclaimed as the root of North Jeolla film. We invite you as we dive into the film once again and see it in a new light with film critic Jung Sungil.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 6 (Mon) 16:00 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Moderator JUNG Sungil (Film Critic)

Screening Code: 539

AKA: Serial Killer

We invite you to look into Adachi Masao’s most unique film, AKA: Serial Killer and learn about how the film came to be, what the film means in his catalog of films, the film’s 4K restoration process, and its landscape theory. We learn about the film’s diverse contexts through the lecture from Professor Hirasawa Go of Meiji Gakuin University.

* This screening is presented in its digitally restored format.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and English)

Date & Venue May 6 (Mon) 17:30 JEONJU Digital Independent Cinema

Moderator HIRASAWA Go (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University)

Cinema Class

In Cinema Class, we invite experts on the subject matter covered by the films shown, allowing the audience to learn about each field.

* Cinema Class runs for 60 minutes after the screening.
* Fee: 12,000 KRW (including film screening)
* Please note that interpretation is only provided for the sessions noted separately.
* The session below may be possible to change depending on the festival circumstances.

Screening Code: 167

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

We invite you to join us as we look back the early work of the internationally acclaimed director Hong Sangsoo’s Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), the opening film of the first JEONJU International Film Festival, and delve into the meaning of his records of work.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 2 (Thur) 20:30 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 5

Moderator PARK Inho (Film Critic)

Screening Code: 302

K-SOUND LIBRARY

Based on his extensive experiences as an icon of sound design in Korean films, CHOI Taeyoung (CEO of LIVETONE) will discuss how to effectively implement film sound design and the latest trends in sound technology. After the screening, he will share diverse off-the-record stories on sound design and answer the attendees' questions about sound production.

* This session is co-hosted with Jeonju IT&CT Industry Promotion Agency.

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 11:00 CGV Jeonjugosa 1

Film COBWEB (KIM Jee-woon, 2023)

Guest CHOI Taeyoung (Sound Supervisor/CEO, LIVETONE)

Screening Code: 373

The Money

We explore what it means for a film director that studied in Japan to make a “Korean film” whilst between the Korean reality in the late 1950s and the influence of western cinema.

* This session is co-hosted with the Korean Film Archive.

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 20:00 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 6

Moderator CHUNG Chong-hwa (Head of Research&Curation Team/Senior Researcher, Korean Film Archive)

Screening Code: 364

Copa 71

There are women we’ve forgotten from the year 1971, and comedian Kim Minkyung, much coveted by the athletic circle, and Jang Junghee, the writer of the show Kick A Goal, discuss these pioneers of women’s football.

Date & Venue May 4 (Sat) 20:30 CGV Jeonjugosa 5

Guest KIM Minkyoung (Comedian), JANG Junghee (Writer, Kick A Goal)

Moderator OH Ji-eun (Singer, Writer)

Screening Code: 465

In the Land of Brothers

We explore the film in connection with the hardships of refugees presented in the film and the lives of their families, as well as various issues prevalent in the Middle East, the land of their brothers that they cannot return to.

Date & Venue May 5 (Sun) 20:30 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 4

Moderator KIM Suwan (Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Screening Code: 629

AKA: Serial Killer

Asia Culture Center (ACC) holds the 35mm format of AKA: Serial Killer (1969) and JEONJU IFF gets to screen it this year. We invite you to join programmer Kim Jiha and film theorist Hirasawa Go who recently participated in the 4K digital restoration of the movie in Japan to talk about film restoration.

* This screening is presented in 35mm film print.

* This session is provided with consecutive interpretation. (Korean and Japanese)

Date & Venue May 7 (Tue) 17:30 JEONJU Digital Independent Cinema

Guest HIRASAWA Go (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University)

Moderator KIM Jiha (Senior Curator, National Asian Culture Center(ACC))

Screening Code: 655

Tokyo Story

Director Hur Jinho, Programmer of the Year, and film critic Jung Sungil discuss Hur’s selected film, Tokyo Story and the beauty that director Ozu Yasujiro depicts in it.

Date & Venue May 7 (Tue) 19:30 MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 4

Moderator JUNG Sung-il (Film Critic)

J Special Class
Programmer of the Year, Hur Jinho

As an event of the J Special: Programmer of the Year section, the programmer of this year, Hur Jinho, invites directors, actors, and other professionals of films that he selected. It’s time to talk with the guests and the audience about his selection.

* J Special Class runs for 60 minutes after the screening.
* Fee: 12,000 KRW (including film screening)
* This session does not provide interpretation.
* The session below may be possible to change depending on the festival circumstances.