List of film festivals in South Korea
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| Festival | Hangul / Hanja | Type | Month / Date | Description | Official Site |
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| Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) | 아시아나국제단편영화제 | Competition | November 11/5 - 11/10 | Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) is the first and largest international competitive short film festival in Korea. AISFF will be the best place to see the newest trend of world cinema through eyes of short films.[1] | [1] | |
| Busan International Short Film Festival | 부산국제단편영화제 BISFF | mixed | April 4/24 - 4/28 | Launching in 1980, BISFF is the first short film festival in Korea. BISFF aspire to aesthetics in short films and has firmly established itself as the place to discover new, talented directors.[2] | [2] | [3] |
| Busan International Film Festival | 부산국제영화제 釜山國際映畵祭 |
mixed | October 10/1 - 10/10 | Busan International Film Festival is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. After its establishment in 1996, BIFF has focused on introducing and supporting new Asian directors and their films. BIFF is a non-competitive festival but it also operates a competitive program. In 1998, BIFF launched Asian Project Market (APM, former Pusan Promotion Plan/PPP) followed by Asian Film Market in 2006.[3] | [4] | [5] |
| Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (DIFF) | 대구단편영화제 DIFF | competition | August 8/11 - 8/16 | [6] | ||
| Daejeon Independent Film & Video Festival (DIFV) | 대전독립영화제 | competition | November 11/27 - 12/3 | Launched in 2007, relaunched in 2013. | [7] | |
| EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) | EBS국제다큐멘터리 페스티벌 | Competition | August 8/24 - 8/30 | EIDF is one of Asia's prestigious documentary festivals. It began in 2004 and was presented by EBS, Korea's representative public television. Since 2004, EIDF had highlighted documentary films which were focused on Asia or were made on the Asian continent.[4] | [8] | |
| Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXIS) | 서울 국제 실험영화 페스티벌 | competition | August 8/20 - 8/27 | Festival contributing to the creation of domestic experimental film and place of exchange for international experimental art. | [9] | [10] |
| Film Festival for Woman Rights (FIWOM) | 여성인권영화제, 피움 | none | September 9/16 - 9/20 | Film Festival for Women's Rights has been held to publicize the truth about violence against women and to spread the culture of supporting the victims' survival and recovering since 2006 by Korea Women's Hotline. | [11] | |
| Dae Jong Film Awards | 대종상 영화제 | November 20 | Awards ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Information since 1962 | [12] | [13] | |
| Green Film Festival in Seoul | 서울환경영화제 서울환경映畵祭 |
competition | May 5/7 - 5/14 | Green Film Festival in Seoul is the first and biggest film festival in Korea focusing on environmental issues. [5] | [14] | [15] |
| Gwangju International Film Festival | 광주국제영화제 光州國際映畵祭 |
non-competition | May 5/14 - 5/18 | The Gwangju International Film Festival(GIFF) is presented by the Committee of Gwangju International Film Festival in Gwangju City. GIFF is non-competition film festival. |
[16] | [17] |
| Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (INDIEFORUM) | 인디포럼 | mixed | May 5/21 - 5/28 | Indie Forum, started in 1996, is a non-competitive film festival, focusing on cultural diversity and expanding independent cinema. | [18] | |
| Indie-AniFest | 인디애니페스트 | [19] | ||||
| Jecheon International Music & Film Festival | 제천국제음악영화제 堤川國祭映畵音樂祭 |
competition | August | [20] | ||
| Jeju Film Festival | 제주영화제 | [21] | ||||
| Jeonju International Film Festival | 전주국제영화제 全州國際映畵祭 |
none | April | Focuses on digital, independent and art films. | [22] | [23] |
| Jeongdongjin Independent Film & Video Festival | 정동진 독립영화제 正東津 獨立映畵祭 |
none | August 8/7 - 8/9 | Summer festival since 1999. It is an outdoor film festival, held in the yard of Jeongdong elementary school. |
[24] | [25] |
| 3D Korea International Film Festival | 3D한국국제영화제 3DKIFF |
competition | September | Thelargest festival dedicated to 3D Film | [26] | [27] |
| Korea International Expat Film Festival | 대한민국 국제 이방인 영화제 KIXFF |
competition | June 6/21 - 6/23 | Low-budget independent and "expat" films. | [28] | |
| Korea International Youth Film Festival | 대한민국 국제 청소년영화제 大韓民國國 祭靑少年映畵祭 |
competition | October | [29] | [30] | |
| Korea Queer Culture Festival | 퀴어문화축제 | none | May | [31] | ||
| Korean Film Awards | 대한민국영화대상 | [32] | ||||
| Korean Youth Film Festival | 청소년영상페스티벌 | competition | October | Held between 1975 and 1988 by Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corp. Short film competition for amateurs under the age of 30. |
[33] | |
| Mise-en-scene's short film festival | 미쟝센 단편영화제 |
competition | June | [34] | [35] | |
| New Media Festival in Seoul | 뉴 미디어 아트 페스티벌(네마프) | competition | December | [36] | ||
| Persons with Disabilities Film Festival | 장애인영화제 | none | October | [37] | ||
| Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival | 부천국제판타스틱영화제 富川市國際판타스틱映畵祭 |
mixed | July | Also known as BiFan, focuses on Asian and international horror, thriller, mystery and fantasy films. | [38] | [39] |
| Puchon International Student Animation Festival | 부천국제대학 애니메이션페스티벌 | mixed | November | [40] | ||
| RESFEST Digital Film Festival | 레스페스트디지털영화제 | none | [41] | |||
| Seoul Christianity-Film Festival | 서울기독교영화축제 |
[42] | ||||
| Seoul Human Rights Film Festival | 서울인권영화제 |
May | [43] | [44] | ||
| Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival (SIDOF) | 인디다큐페스티벌 | none | October | [45] | ||
| Seoul Independent Film Festival | 서울독립영화제 |
competition | December | [46] | [47] | |
| Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF) | 서울국제만화애니메이션 페스티벌 | competition | May | [48] | ||
| Seoul International Family Film Festival (SIFFF) | 서울국제가족영상축제 | mixed | October | [49] | ||
| Seoul International Film Festival | 서울국제영화제 | mixed | September | [50] | ||
| Seoul International Labor Film and Video Festival | 서울 국제 노동영화제 |
November 10 | [51] | [52] | ||
| SEOUL International Women's Film Festival | 서울여성영화제 |
mixed | April | [53] | [54] | |
| Seoul International Youth Film Festival | 서울국제청소년영화제 |
competition | August | [55] | [56] | |
| University Film Festival of Korea (UNIFF) | 대한민국 대학영화제 | competition | December | [57] | ||
| Women's Film Festival in Incheon | 인천여성영화제 仁川女性映畵祭 |
[58] | ||||
| Women in Film Korea Festival | 여성영화인축제 | December | [59] |
See also
References
- "Film Awards Ceremonies in Korea". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
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- "Film festival" (in Korean). KMDb. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- Lee, Young-il (1988). "Domestic Film Awards". The History of Korean Cinema. Seoul: Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. pp. 275–282. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.
- ^ "Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ^ "Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ^ "Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ^ "KOBIZ - Korean Film Biz Zone : Festival Directory". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ^ "Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-21.