[Daily Letter] 23rd JEONJU IFF DAILY LETTER #8
2022-05-05 10:00:00

The award ceremony of the 23rd JEONJU IFF took place yesterday

23rd JEONJU IFF DAILY LETTER #8

Hello from JEONJU IFF’s daily letter,

The award ceremony of the 23rd JEONJU IFF took place yesterday and the closing of the festival is coming. However, don’t be disappointed. As the national holiday starts, other exciting events are waiting for you!


Today’s daily letter introduces the diary of staff at the publicity team as well as the schedule of the festival as usual! Our staff visited a special place at the JEONJU Lounge. Please do not miss the full story. ??


23rd JEONJU IFF DAY 8 SCHEDULE

16:30 KST

??Have A Nice Day. X JEONJU IFF


Venue: JEONJU Dome

17:00 KST

?? Cinema Talk with Save the Children Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Children’s Day: Cinema through the Perspective of Children’s Rights


Film: A life of faithfulness, Yellow Tomato, Kid, Homework

Venue: CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Guest: NAMKOONG Ihn (doctor/writer), PAK Hyungnam (director of Yellow Tomato), LEE Sahong (teen saver)

Moderator: LEE Dahye (film journalist)

Format: A talk session at the theater after the screening (screening 41 min / talk 50 min)

17:00 KST

?? Cinema ClassCome with me to the cinema-THE GREGORS


Venue: CINE Q Jeonju Film Street 4

Guest: KIM Hyungsoo (managing director, CINEMA GWANGJU)
Moderator: JIN Myunghyun (CEO, MOVement)
Process: A talk session at the theater after th

19:00 KST

??JEONJU Special On the Silver Globe, Escape to the Silver Globe


Venue: CGV Jeonjugosa 3

Moderator: JUNG Sung-il (film critic)
Process: A talk session at the theater after the screening

20:00 KST

?? Street Screening


Film: I Am Greta

Venue: Film Street (Showtime Bldg.)

??The 23rd JEONJU IFF WINNERS ??
??International Competition Grand Prize
Geographies of Solitude│Director Jacquelyn MILLS
There are two women on Sable Island, a lonely island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Conservationist Zoe Lucas was an art student when she came there for the first time in the 1970s and has been living on this remote strip of land for decades now, mostly alone.

??International Competition Best Picture Prize (Sponsored by NH Nonghyup)
Unrest │Director Cyril SCHAUBLIN
As new technologies are transforming a Swiss 19th-century watchmaking town, a Russian traveler and a watch factory worker meet in the local anarchist movement.

??International Competition Special Jury Prize
The Silence of the Mole│Director Anais TARACENA
The search for a journalist who infiltrated one of the most repressive governments in Guatemala immerses us in the memory of a country forced to silence.

TOKYO KURDS│Director HYUGA Fumiari
Since the 1990s, Turkish-Kurdish refugees have arrived in Japan and settled in a suburb of Tokyo. Today, the number of their community is about 2,000 and after all these years, they still are illegal immigrants. Here live Ozan (18), Ramazan (19) and Mehmet (38).
??Korean Competition Grand Prize
Jeong-sun│Director JEONG Ji-hye
Jeong-sun as her name lives an uncluttered life with modest behavior even though working at a food factory. Young-soo, a factory colleague, approaches her. As they get closer, they enjoy their secret relationship, and he takes candid shots in beds with his mobile camera. One day, she gets inappropriate stares from others.
??Korean Competition Best Actor Prize (Sponsored by ONFIFN)
Actor OH Mine Missing Yoon│Director KIM Jinhwa
Attention seeker YouTuber Jang Ha-Da is trying to get popular again. One day, legendary singer Yoon Si-Nae disappears. So, Jang Ha-Da uses her mother, an imitation singer Yoon Si-Nae, as a live broadcasting material and gets enthusiastic responses from subscribers. Meanwhile, Yoon Si-Nae, who is despairing after losing the dream stage, decides to leave in search of Yoon Si-Nae with fellow imitation singer Un Si-Nae. And Jang Ha-Da secretly set up a live broadcast.
Actor OK Ja-yeon Archaeology of love│Director LEE Wanmin
Young-sil and Inseek become lovers eight hours after meeting. Inseek is certain that Young-sil is a free spirit. Anxious Inseek makes Young-sil promise that their love will be forever, whatever happens. Young-sil tries to keep the promise, even after their breakup. 8 years later, Young-sil likes Udo, but is unable to do anything.
??Korean Competition Special Mention
Actor OK Ja-yeon Archaeology of love│Director LEE Wanmin
Young-sil and Inseek become lovers eight hours after meeting. Inseek is certain that Young-sil is a free spirit. Anxious Inseek makes Young-sil promise that their love will be forever, whatever happens. Young-sil tries to keep the promise, even after their breakup. 8 years later, Young-sil likes Udo, but is unable to do anything.
??Korean Competition CGV Arthouse Award Distribution Support Prize
Mother and daughter│Director KIM Jung-eun
Gyeong-ah works as a caregiver and lives alone. The only one she can rely on is her daughter, Yeon-su, but it´s hard to see her after she moved out on her own. Meanwhile, Yeon-su, who is suffering from her ex-boyfriend, Sang-hyun, argues with him again and visits her mother’s house. After Yeon-su left, Gyeong-ah receives a shocking message from a stranger.
??Korean Competition CGV Arthouse Award Upcoming Project Prize
The Hill of Secrets│Director LEE Ji-eun
A coming-of-age story of Myung-eun, a 12-year-old girl with emotional sensitivity who gains a deeper understanding of herself and her family through the power of writing.
??Korean Competition Watcha´s Pick: Feature
Mother and daughter│Director KIM Jung-eun
Gyeong-ah works as a caregiver and lives alone. The only one she can rely on is her daughter, Yeon-su, but it´s hard to see her after she moved out on her own. Meanwhile, Yeon-su, who is suffering from her ex-boyfriend, Sang-hyun, argues with him again and visits her mother’s house. After Yeon-su left, Gyeong-ah receives a shocking message from a stranger.
??Korean Competition for Shorts Grand Prize
In The Dry Stream│Director KANG Ji-hyo
In the depth of a dry valley, there are two boys named Yu-bin and Geon, who are each other’s one and only friends. The dry stream serves as the best hideout and playground for them, but nobody seems to understand.
??Korean Competition for Shorts Best Director Prize (Sponsored by Kyobo Life Insurance)
Transit │Director MOON Hyein
Baekho is a child actor in the early days of her career, and Miho is an MTF transgender gaffer who returns to work after a long time. They keep running into each other in the corners of the set.
??Korean Competition for Shorts Special Jury Prize
Wunderkammer 10.0│Director KI Yelim, PARK Soyun, JUNG Inwoo
In a virtual city of the future, the operating system Wunderkammer 10.0, designed to provide a more stable and fast autonomous driving service, crawls map data and learns by itself. Faced with the limitation of data accessibility within a specific timeline, Wunderkammer finds a long-expired travel blog on the Internet.
??Korean Competition for Shorts Watcha´s Pick: Short
Framily │Director KIM In-hye
Seon-ji and Jin-hee were friends but become sisters-in-law when Jin-hee marries Seon-ji’s older brother. As they prepare food for ancestral rites together, Seon-ji is bothered by the way Jin-hee treats her mother.
29th breath│Director KOOK Joong-yi
Ah-ee didn’t set out to play a zombie from the start. All she wanted was a new challenge that would expand her acting spectrum. After a while, she realizes she’s not getting anywhere and vows never to play a zombie again. Yet, she once again finds herself in the same role. Tired and jaded, Ah-ee starts releasing her emotions on set in a whole new way.
Light It Up at 2 AM │Director YOO Jongseok
Seori tells the story of a fire that broke out at an institute for girls in 1995, and a girl named Yurim, who was petrified of fire but was nevertheless determined to start a fire.
Layers of Summer│Director PAEK Siwon
One summer day, two ex-lovers run into each other. This chance encounter is connected to three other summer days across the past ten years.
TRADE │Director KIM Minju
Do-kyung struggles to get ahead, while Byeong-tae already fell behind a long time ago. A dejected youth, Do-kyung juggles her studies and part-time work at a convenience store. Meanwhile, Byeong-tae is burdened by his mother’s hospital bills. Just when he sees a light at the end of the tunnel, Do-kyung ruins everything. An inevitable showdown between the two begins.
??Special Award Documentary Award (Sponsored by Jin Motors)
The 2nd Repatriation│Director KIM Dongwon
In 2000, in the era of inter-Korean reconciliation, 63 unconverted long-term prisoners were being repatriated to the North but converted long-term prisoners were excluded from the list. In 2001, they made a “declaration that the conversion by torture was invalid” and launched a second repatriation movement. This humane drama captures their hope and despair for about 30 years and their nostalgia for their home of North Korea amid intense right and left conflicts in South Korea.
??Special Award J Vision Award
No Problem│Director GOH Gainsoo
Yeji confesses to having indigestion.
??Special Award NETPAC Award
Journey to the West│Director KONG Dashan
Tang Zhijun, a middle-aged man who is left empty-handed, is the editor-in-chief of a science fiction magazine. A question that has puzzled him all his life leads him to embark on another journey to find aliens.
What We Did Yesterday

Today’s daily letter covers the day of staff at the publicity team. ??


Today is Children’s Day! Our staff will let you introduce a special place for children at the JEONJU Lounge. ??


Here is the child-free zone with Save the Children! The special zone collaborated with Save the Children runs between 9am and 6pm during the festival. (Probably somebody has already visited there because it opens from Apr 29).


Unfortunately, I’m an adult, but I tried to enjoy the experience in the eyes of the child to get more information. Especially, you can play a Korean traditional game called “Hopscotch.” ??

Save the Children, located at the corner of the JEONJU Lounge event booth, provides a low chair and a comfortable space for adults to relax. It was such a nice place to come and relax while enjoying the festival.


In addition, an exhibition of the ‘2022 Children´s Day Declaration´ is held across from the event booth to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Children’s Day. Children´s writings and drawings are displayed, describing their declaration to the adults.


According to the declaration, the requests of children were diverse. It made us reflect on discriminatory comments over children such as kiddo. We don´t have any right to degrade children. It is an expression that adults use really naturally, but it might be humiliating for them.

There are a variety of programmes for children even though the venue itself was not so big, such as tattoo stickers and postcards. It is an exhibition for children, but it seems to be a place where adults look back on their attitude to children. Have a meaningful day at the JEONJU Lounge on May 5, the 100th anniversary of Children’s Day. ?


May 5, 2022
Interviewed · Written by Publicity Team | Edited · Published by Publicity Team
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