‘Water Deer’ Wins Nongshim Shin Ramyun Award at JEONJU
Korean director Yu Soyoung reflects on filmmaking after winning a special prize at JEONJU IFF with her feature debut, ‘Water Deer’.
Jeonju 2026
JEONJU 2026: Festival Verdict
Intense cinephilia, fiery social activism and inventive corporate-backed initiatives converged at the 27th JEONJU International Film Festival, concluding with the stirring political documentary ‘The Longest Night: Namtaeryeong’.
Body in Plural
An intimate portrait of two dancers from Serbia and the U.S., Marta Popivoda’s ‘Body in Plural’ inventively describes the human body as a vessel for individual expression, collective action and social change.
Miari Texas
Korean filmmaker Jang Yun-mi’s first feature-length documentary, ‘Miari Texas’, is an immersive, empathetic experience about Seoul’s oldest red-light district as demolition nears.
A Little Life
Park Soo-ah and Kang Hye-won vividly evoke the confusion and grief of recently orphaned kids in Kim Yong-cheon’s ‘A Little Life’, one of two recent productions funded by the Jeonju Cinema Project.
Cruel Optimism
If Ruben Ostlund directed ‘My Dinner with Andre’ in Asia, you might get the coolly inquiring ‘Cruel Optimism’, an experimental film commenting on the visual arts scene.
Left Behind
French-educated Korean filmmaker Jéro Yun teases raw emotions and rapturous performances out of his cast in ‘Left Behind’.
Past Lives, Bright Futures: Two Special JEONJU Programmes
JEONJU IFF dedicates special programmes to the late actor Ahn Sung-ki and the up-and-coming festival-acclaimed filmmaker Park Syeyoung.
The Calf Doll
Revolving around an old teacher-turned-farmer’s doomed attempts to make his cow give milk, Ankur Hooda’s ‘The Calf Doll’ is a canny combination of aesthetics, atmosphere and subtle social analysis.
Dream of Another Summer
Winner of the Next Wave award at CPH:DOX, ‘Dream of Another Summer’ is filmmaker Irene Bartolomé’s poetic, pensive and powerful ode to the traumatized Lebanese capital of Beirut.
Molly Kim Joins JEONJU’s Programming Team
New JEONJU programmer Molly Kim reflects on what it means today to select films for one of Korea’s top festivals.