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Cinema Conversation

This series offers enriching, multilayered dialogues that move beyond the film itself, exploring broader contexts and connections.

  • Each Cinema Conversation session runs for 60 minutes following the film screening.
  • Admission: KRW 12,000 (includes film screening)
  • English Interpretation services are available only for specially marked events.
  • Program details are subject to change depending on festival circumstances.
Join Sharon Choi, who interpreted for the Parasite (2019) cast and crew at the Oscars, to watch Mongrels and learn about Korean-Canadian diaspora experiences from the director Jerome Yoo.

*Consecutive interpretation service (Korean and English) will be provided.
Date & Venue May 2 (Fri) 17:30, CGV Jeonjugosa 1
Guest Jerome YOO (Director)
Moderator Sharon CHOI (Director)
Screening Code 242
Watch The Last Republican, which chronicles Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s stand against President Trump. Following the screening, join a discussion on the meaning of democracy.
Date & Venue May 3 (Sat) 10:30, MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 2
Guest KIM Man-kwon (Research Professor, KyungHee Univ.)
Moderator KIM Eunji (Senior Staff of Weekly News Magazine SISAIN)
Screening Code 312
Following a screening of Peaches Goes Bananas, a documentary on the boundary-pushing queer feminist music icon Peaches, musician and writer Oh Jieun joins film critic Cho Hye-young from Project 38 for an engaging discussion.
Date & Venue May 4 (Sun) 17:00, CGV Jeonjugosa 8
Guest CHO Hye-young (Film Critic)
Moderator OH Jieun (Musician·Writer)
Screening Code 445
Eephus explores both baseball and vanishing communal spaces. Artists Keem Youngle and An Yuri lead a thoughtful discussion about the things we love and the things that disappear from our lives.
Date & Venue May 4 (Sun) 17:30, CGV Jeonjugosa 5
Guest AN Yuri (Artist)
Moderator KEEM Youngle (Artist)
Screening Code 442
Videoheaven captures the now-extinct culture of video rental stores through rich archival footage. Harbin Films producer Lee Jinsook and film journalist Kim Hyungseok reflect on how video rental stores shaped and influenced the culture of film lovers.
Date & Venue May 5 (Mon) 11:00, CGV Jeonjugosa 5
Guest LEE Jinsook (Film Producer)
Moderator KIM Hyungseok (Film Journalist)
Screening Code 507
Based on the extensive experience and expertise of LiveTone, Korea’s leading company specializing in film sound, this session explores effective methods of implementing cinematic sound and the latest trends in audio technology. It also offers behind-the-scenes stories from recent projects, including the sound production of the Hollywood film Mickey 17, followed by a Q&A session where participants can have their questions about the film’s sound design answered.

* Co-hosted by Jeonju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency
Date & Venue May 5 (Mon) 11:00, CGV Jeonjugosa 1
Guest CHOI Taeyoung (Sound Supervisor · CEO, LIVETONE)
Moderator JEONG Jihye (Film Critic)
Film Mickey 17
Screening Code 503
Following the screening of Park, directors Kim Okyoung (director of the Closing Film In the Land of Machines) and Sohn Koo-yong (director of Night Walk (2023) and At the Park (2024)) discuss the aesthetics and ethics of documenting migrant labor and laborers, as well as documentary methodologies.
Date & Venue May 5 (Mon) 14:00, CGV Jeonjugosa 3
Guest SOHN Koo-yong (Director)
Moderator KIM Okyoung (Director)
Screening Code 524
Set during Japan’s modernizing Meiji era, Black Ox traces a hunter-gatherer’s transformation into a farmer and “Japanese citizen.” Join the film’s director and screenwriter for insights about their creative production process.

*Consecutive interpretation will be provided in Korean and Japanese, and English interpretation (whispered or consecutive) will also be available.
Date & Venue May 5 (Mon) 17:00, CGV Jeonjugosa 1
Guest TSUTA Tetsuichiro (Director) KUBODERA Koichi (Screenwriter)
Moderator JUNG Sung-il (Film Critic)
Screening Code 522