Introduction to the film festival
Launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival that adopts partial competition, the Jeonju International Film Festival (Jeonju IFF) introduced independent and experimental films at the forefront to shine a spotlight on the alternative movements of contemporary film art. Jeonju IFF discovers talents of promising filmmakers who could be the future leaders of filmmaking, endorse creative experiments and independent spirits, and provides the opportunity to meet and bond with international filmmakers. Jeonju Cinema Project (JCP), a feature film financing & production program, has gained ground as Jeonju IFF’s independent brand that encompasses flim industry‘s fields such as investment, production and distribution. Furthermore, Jeonju Project Market’s development support for superb Korean feature films and documentaries, the business of distributing independent film contents and the Jeonju Cine Complex represent Jeonju IFF’s vision to create a constant and new added value beyond the film festival.Launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival that adopts partial competition, the JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF) introduced independent and experimental films at the forefront to shine a spotlight on the alternative movements of contemporary film art. JEONJU IFF discovers talents of promising filmmakers who could be the future leaders of filmmaking, endorse creative experiments and independent spirits, and provides the opportunity to meet and bond with international filmmakers. JEONJU Cinema Project, a feature film financing & production program, has gained ground as JEONJU IFF’s independent brand that encompasses flim industry‘s fields such as investment, production and distribution. Furthermore, JEONJU Project’s development support for superb Korean feature films and documentaries, the business of distributing independent film contents and the JEONJU Cine Complex represent JEONJU IFF’s vision to create a constant and new added value beyond the film festival.
Awards
Awards given out by the JEONJU IFF are as follows: A. Grand Prize: A cash award of 20 million KRW and a trophy will be given to one film screened in International Competition that contributes to widening the scope and the depth in the contemporary cinema, selected by International Competition jury members. B. Best Picture Prize: A cash award of 10 million KRW and a trophy will be given to one film screened in International Competition. C. Special Jury Prize: A cash award of 10 million KRW and a trophy will be given to one film screened in International Competition. D. NETPAC Award: A trophy and a certificate will be given to one film, which is made in an Asian country by an Asian filmmaker(s), involved in non-competitive sections. Selected by The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC). (2) All the titles of the awards and the amount of the cash award may be modified under the festival’s circumstances. (3) At least more than three film experts including foreign figures are entrusted to the festival jury of the competition sections. (4) If a prize is awarded to more than one film, the cash award will be divided equally between recipients.
Rules
– Based on the running time including the credits, it is classified as a short film with less than 40 minutes and a feature-length film with 40 minutes or more. – All sections may receive all genres (documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation) of short and feature films. – Entries to International Competition MUST be the first or second second-length film of the director(s). All the co-directors must meet this condition and no exception is allowed. – International Competition entries must be screened in the mentioned period of JEONJU IFF and must have one of the following premiere conditions: Asian Premiere, International Premiere, or World Premiere. And the entries MUST be made after January 2024. * All entries should guarantee at least Asian Premiere for International Competition. In case that the submitted work is from an Asian country, the exception is granted if it hasn’t been screened in an Asian country other than the home country. – If the submitted work has been released on SVOD, VOD, DVD, or Blu-ray, it will not be eligible for any of the JEONJU IFF official sections. A graduation screening or a private screening will be an exception. – English subtitles must be embedded on the screener if the original language of the film is non-English. – Submissions must be done ONLY online.
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Authorization type
Duration (several sessions)
Film Festival Features
Dates & Deadlines
2024-11-07
Submission start time
2024-12-31
Final Deadline
2024-12-31
Submission end time
2025-03-27
Finalist notification start time
2025-03-28
Finalist notification end time
2025-04-30
Award ceremony start time
2025-05-09
Award ceremony end time
Categories and fees
2024/12/31
Final Deadline
Standard: 0 Dollar
2024/12/31
Final Deadline
Standard: 0 Dollar
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