2024-04-03 08:30:12
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Entered 2024.04.03 17:30 Modified 2024.04.03 17:30
‘All at Dawn’ based on a Japanese novel… The closing film is the Canadian film ‘Matt and Mara’.
From May 1 to 10, 232 films from 43 countries were screened… A special exhibition was also prepared for the 10th anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Disaster. Films to be screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, were released under the slogan ‘We always cross the line.’ Jeonju International Film Festival Organizing Committee Chairman Woo Beom-ki held a press conference announcing the films to be screened at the Jeonju Digital Independent Cinema on the 3rd and said, “The Jeonju Film Festival has established itself as one of the most important film festivals in Asia,” adding, “Thanks to the endless affection and interest from many people, the festival has taken on many challenges and challenges.” “We celebrated our 25th anniversary by repeating innovation,” he said.
At this year’s film festival, 232 films (130 foreign films, 102 domestic films) from 43 countries around the world, 15 fewer films than last year, will be presented to the audience.
These entries will be screened at movie theaters around Jeonju Film Street and at the Samsung Cultural Center of Chonbuk National University. Due to the delay in the construction of the ‘Jeonju Independent Culture House’, a dedicated space for the film festival, the opening ceremony will be held at the Korea Sound Culture Center and the closing ceremony will be held at the Samsung Center for the Performing Arts of Chonbuk National University, as was the case last year.
The organizing committee explained that they are preparing to secure more movie screenings so that audiences can watch movies in more comfortable seats than last year. The first opening film that movie fans will meet is ‘All the Long Nights’ by director Sho Miyake. This film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author Maiko Seo, is a story centered around Fujisawa, who suffers from PMS (premenstrual syndrome), and his colleague Yamazoe, who suffers from panic disorder.
Programmer Moon Seok said, “This is a new film from director Sho Miyake, who received a lot of attention last year with ‘When I Look into Your Eyes,’” and added, “Even those who don’t like so-called art films can enjoy it comfortably and beautifully.”
The closing film that concludes the festival is director Kazik Radwanski’s ‘Matt and Mara.’ This Canadian film is regarding the possibility of a man and a woman meeting each other following a long time, which had not happened in the past, and confirming each other.
The organizing committee explained that this is a work that contains spontaneity and realism, taking advantage of the fact that the romantic comedy genre is rarely seen in art films. A variety of films meet audiences in the Korean Competition, Korean Short Competition, and International Competition sections.
The largest number of works submitted to the Korean Competition ever.
Narratives regarding women were strong once more this year, with director Kim Sol’s ‘Autumn Note’ providing a sharp look into women’s lives, and director Jeong Hae-il’s ‘Sister Yu-jeong’ and directors Kim Sol-hae and Lee Do-jin’s ‘Tongjam’ also featuring women. It captures the inner self very well.
Director Lee Sang-hak’s ‘Mom’s Kingdom’, which tells the story of a son whose mother has dementia, and Jang Man-min’s ‘Silver Apricot’, which tells the story of a woman who sets out to collect her mother’s debt from her divorced father, deal with family, but in contrasting ways. There are also movies that expose the essence.
The international competition also saw the largest number of works submitted in history.
This section includes coming-of-age documentaries such as ‘After the Snow Melts’ by director Ro Ishan, ‘Sani, Boy of the Streets’ by Balint Leves and David Mikulan, ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ by Ukrainian director Ivan Timchenko, and ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ by Filip Sotnichenko. There is also the director’s feature debut, ‘Paliciada’.
In particular, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Disaster, ‘Korean Cinema: Special Exhibition 10th Anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Disaster’ will be prepared to remember that day and commemorate the victims once once more.
In addition to director Shin Young-soo’s film ‘The Day Cotton Blooms’, which depicts the heartbreaking feelings of a father who lost his daughter in a disaster at the beginning of Sewol, director Yoon Sol-ji’s documentary ’10 Years of the Sinking, Zero Sum’ and the omnibus documentary ‘Three Kind regards’ are being prepared. there is. Director Heo Jin-ho of ‘One Gone Spring Day’ and ‘Going Out’ participates in ‘J Special: Programmer of the Year’, which has been running since 2021.
Director Heo plans to watch and communicate with the audience through films that gave him great cinematic resonance, such as ‘March of Fools’, ‘Paris, Texas’, and ‘Tokyo Story’.
There will also be a time to introduce all 10 of world-renowned master director Tsai Ming-liang’s ‘Hangja Series’ in one place.
Director Tsai Ming-liang, who has been creating high-level art for more than 30 years across genres such as TV, film, performance, and art, is a collection of films in which a monk in red monk’s robes and actor Lee Kang-sheng walk slowly barefoot.
In addition, there is also a talk program ‘Jeonju Cine Tour
‘100 Films 100 Posters’, an exhibition in which 100 designers create 100 posters for films screened at the film festival, can be found throughout Jeonju tourist attractions.
Executive Chairman Min Seong-wook said, “We were considering reducing the size of the Jeonju International Film Festival as it was expected that the Jeonju International Film Festival would also see a decrease in support due to the government’s reduction in film festival support. However, with Executive Chairman Jeong Joon-ho’s active fundraising, Jeonju City’s full cooperation, and other cooperation, the side event was able to be held.” “We are preparing to expand the overall scale of the film festival,” he said. The 25th Jeonju International Film Festival will be held from May 1 to 10 in Jeonju City, including Jeonju Film Street.
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