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Jeonju Lifts Curtain on 19th JIFF
Indie Film Festival to Showcase 5 Jeonju Cinema Projects
This year’s 19th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) kicked off on a clear night at the Jeonju Dome on May 3. The new venue housed 3,000 guests and welcomed several stars and filmmakers, as well as the cast and crew of the opening film Yakiniku Dragon, a Korea-Japan co-production directed by CHONG Wishing.
Actors KIM Jae-won (100 Days with Mr. Arrogant, 2004) and CHAE Soo-bin (SORI: Voice from the Heart, 2016) hosted the ceremony, which featured around 150 actors and directors walking the red carpet, among them director LEE Joon-ik dae jik
For 2018, JIFF has expanded its signature Jeonju Cinema Project program to include five feature-length works supported by the festival, each of which has its world premiere in Jeonju. These include three locally made works: JANG Woo-jin’s Winter's Night, LIM Tae-gue’s The Land on the Waves and LEE Hark-joon ’s
The festival, which runs until the 12th, will screen 246 films from 46 nations and close with Wes Anderson’s latest film Isle of Dogs, the opening film of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
