Master Class
In this program, master filmmakers who have led the innovations in the aesthetics of documentary filmmaking speak of their own philosophies, visions, and the secrets behind their works. The 15th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival invites filmmakers Sylvain GEORGE and Dominique CABRERA to meet the Korean audience and give lectures. Each session runs for 90 minutes after the screening.
1) Sylvain GEORGE Master Class
| Theme | Struggling Documentary - Poetic and politic cinema of Sylvain George |
|---|---|
| Moderator | BYUN Sungchan (Film Critic) |
| Master | Sylvain GEORGE (Director) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 14:00 after the screening of Obscure Night-Goodbye Here, Anywhere |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
2) Dominique CABRERA Master Class
| Theme | Dominique CABRERA - Narrative about Film, Life, Death, and Love |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KIM Ji-hoon (Professor, Chungang University) |
| Master | Dominique CABRERA (Director) |
| Date | September 20 (Wed) 16:30 after the screening of Hi Mister Comolli |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
Academy Class
A special lecture program for the students of humanities and film and video-related schools, who are accredited with the newly-introduced Academy Badge. Academy Class provides sessions on various themes including documentary filmmaking, aesthetics, and trends, to help the students better understand the field. Each session runs for 90 minutes after the screening.
1) Man on Earth
| Theme | The Standard of the observational documentary |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Amiel COURTIN-WILSON (Director) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 13:30 after the screening of Man on Earth |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
2) Anhell 69
| Theme | What is Trans Cinema? |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Theo MONTOYA (Director) |
| Date | September 18 (Mon) after the screening of Anhell 69 |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
3) Man of Aran + A Night of Storytelling
| Theme | Robert Flaherty in 21st Century |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KANG Jinseok (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | LEE Ki-jung (Professor, Chonnam National University) |
| Date | September 19 (Tue) after the screening of Man of Aran + A Night of Storytelling |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
Docs Talk
A special talk program highlighting the works on controversial issues or the filmmakers with careers worth of examining. An intriguing and absorbing discussion focusing on the film itself will be unfolded after the screening for 60 minutes.
* Docs Talk will be held at the theater after screening, and some Docs Talk will be held in CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F lobby after the screening.
Sukhavati
| Theme | Never Say Die: The Chronicle of FC Anyang |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KIM Hyunhoi (Sports Columnist) |
| Guest | SUN Hobin (Director), NA Baru (Director) |
| Date | September 15 (Fri) 17:00 after the screening of Sukhavati |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
The Color of Pain
| Theme | Rebounding Forces, and Colliding Images |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Date | September 15(Fri) 17:00 after the screening of The color of Pain |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 6 |
And, Towards Happy Alleys
| Theme | The ongoing fight for creative freedom and women's rights in Iran |
|---|---|
| Moderator | HWANG Miyojo (Programmer, Seoul Animal Film Festival) |
| Guest | Sreemoyee SINGH (Director) |
| Date | September 16(Sat) 13:30 after the screening of And, Towards Happy Alleys |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 1 |
Gagaland
| Theme | TikToker's Docufiction : What You Wanted to Know About Redhair But Couldn't Ask Pinkhair |
|---|---|
| Moderator | CHAI Heesuk (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | TENG Yuhan (Director) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 13:30 after the screening of Gagaland |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5 |
Possible Faces + The Mapper(working title) visual sample for presentation
| Theme | While shooting Possinble Faces |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | KIM Kyungmook (Director), KIM Yusung (Visual Culture & Film Researcher) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 14:30 after the screening of Possible Faces + The Mapper(working title) visual sample for presentation |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 6 |
Queendom
| Theme | I, Edhi. I, Gena. : The Body Image that Break the Assigned Sex |
|---|---|
| Moderator | CHO Hyeyoung (Film Critic) |
| Guest | Agniia GALDANOVA (Director), PARK Edhi (Writer) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 16:30 after the screening of Queendom |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 1 |
Essay for Shorts 1: Joy, An Asian Ghost Story
| Theme | Provoking Toughts: Narrative practices in Essay Film |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KANG Jinseok (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Ezekiel MORGAN (Director), WANG Bo (Director) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 19:30 after the screening of Essay for Shorts 1 |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Our sunny Paradise
| Theme | Memories of THAAD, Unfinished |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KANG Jinseok (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | KIM Sangpai (Director), Emmanuel Moonchil PARK (Director), KIM Seolhae (Director), PARK Baeil (Director) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 20:00 after the screening of Our sunny Paradise |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 2 |
Ten Wells
| Theme | The Woman's Story from Ten Wells |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | KIM Mirye (Director), AHN Soonae (Cast,Ten Wells), SIM Ajung (Independent Research Activist) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 16:30 after the screening of Ten Wells |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 2 |
Man in Black
| Theme | The Adventure of WANG Bing |
|---|---|
| Guest | JUNG Sungil (Film Critic) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 18:00 after the screening of Man in Black |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Sexual Healing of Verite for Shorts 2
| Theme | Disability Sexual Politics for Sexual Healing |
|---|---|
| Moderator | Tari (Activist, SHARE(center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive justicE)) |
| Guest | Elsbeth FRAANJE (Director), LEE Myunghun (Translator), LEE Jin-hee (Leader, WDM(Women with Disability Empathy)) |
| Date | September 18(Mon) 20:00 after the screening of Verite for Shorts2 |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 6 |
Nam June Paik: The Moon Is the Oldest TV
| Theme | Media Archaeology of Nam June Paik |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Sooyoung LEE (Curator, Nam June Paik Art Center) |
| Date | September 20 (Wed) 13:30 after the screening of Nam June Paik: The Moon Is the Oldest TV |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
The Description Of Bankruptcy + The Fool Doesn't Catch a Cold
| Theme | How to create an aesthetic for a political documentary |
|---|---|
| Guest | PARK Hong-yeol (Cinematographer) |
| Date | September 20 (Wed) 16:00 after the screening of The Description Of Bankruptcy + The Fool Doesn't Catch a Cold |
| Venue | Megabox Baekseok Bella Citta 103 |
Knit's Island
| Theme | Reflections on Masks: At the Border of Fact and Fiction, the Real and the Virtual |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Quentin L'HELGOUALC'H (Director), KIM Heecheon (Director/Artist) |
| Date | September 20 (Wed) 17:30 after the screening of Knit’s Island |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Docscent
An intriguing talk program on documentary with a multilateral approach, which invites renowned professionals working in the various corners of the popular culture. With the special skills and experiences, a special guest will watch one of the official selections of the 15th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, pick an issue, a theme, or a point of discussion and talk about it after the screening for 60 minutes.
* Docscent will be held in CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F lobby after the screening.
Your Fat Friend
| Theme | An unaccepted body, an accepted body |
|---|---|
| Guest | Vivian Geeyang KIM (CEO, 66100/Plus Size Model), Yein JUNG (Editor) |
| Date | September 14 (Sat) 14:00 after the screening of Your Fat Friend |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Another Body
| Theme | We Won’t Stop Chasing : Digital Sex Crimes and Deepfake |
|---|---|
| Moderator | SOHN Hee-jeong (Film Critic) |
| Guest | WON Eunji (Editor, Media Platform alookso) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 14:30 after the screening of Another Body |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Queendom
| Theme | Discrimination Kills People |
|---|---|
| Moderator | KANG Jinseok (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | Bora CHUNG (Writer) |
| Date | September 20 (Wed) 14:00 after the screening of Queendom |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 5F Lobby |
Lectures
Director, Scholars, critics, and researchers well-versed in the chosen topics will give lectures as part of a section aiming for revitalization of documentary discourse. Each session runs for 90 minutes after the screening.
The Cross-Cultural Gaze in the Films of Kimi Kimi TAKESUE
| Moderator | KANG Jinseok (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
|---|---|
| Guest | Kimi TAKESUE (Director) |
| Date | September 16 (Sat) 17:30 after the screening of Onlookers |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
LEE Kang-hyun's singularity in the terrain of contemporary documentary
| Moderator | JANG Byungwon (Senior Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
|---|---|
| Guest | Jean-Pierre REHM (Film Critic / former Festival Director of FIDMarseille) |
| Date | September 19 (Tue) 14:30 after the screening of The Color of Pain |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 4 |
Special Talk
The Urgency of the War Documentaries that Consistently Arrive: 'Refugees' Unable to Settle or Leave
| Theme | Inside & Outside Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Moderator | CHAI Heesuk (Programmer, DMZ Docs) |
| Guest | LEE Yongseok (Activist, Without War) Roman LIUBYI (Director, Iron Butterflies) Maciek HAMELA (Director, In the Rearview) Tomasz WOLSKI, Piotr PAWLUS (Director, In Ukraine) Marta SMERECHYNSKA (Director, One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaena) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 13:00 - 14:30 |
| Venue | Goyang Flower Exhibition - Book cafe |
The Description Of Bankruptcy + The Fool Doesn't Catch a Cold
| Theme | What kind of director is LEE Kang-hyun to my generation? |
|---|---|
| Moderator | JUNG Jihye (Film Critic) |
| Guest | KIM Byeonggyu (Film Critic), YOON Arang (Film Critic), LEE Bora (Film Critic), HAM Yeonseon(Editor, ma.te.ri.al) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 16:30 after the screening of The Description Of Bankruptcy + The Fool Doesn't Catch a Cold |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 6 |
Forum
Documentary filmmakers, researchers, and festival programmers will join to discuss in a roundtable for 60-120 minutes.
The Role of Film Criticism: International Film Festival and FIPRESCI
| Theme | The Role of Film Criticism: International Film Festival and FIPRESCI |
|---|---|
| Moderator | RHEE Souewon (Film Critic/Professor, Chonnam University) |
| Guest | Ruggero CALICH (Film Critic/Member of FIPRESCI), I Myunghee (Film Critc/President of FIPRESCI KOREA), JEONG Minah (Film Critic/Professor, Sungkyul University) |
| Date | September 16(Sat) 10:30 after the screening of Between Revolutions |
| Venue | CGV GoyangBaekseok 3 |
To Each Their Own Field: Practices of Documentary Journalism
1. Presentation/Discussion
| Theme | Korean documentary and the practices of Journalism |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | JEONG Junhee (Professor, Hanyang University) |
| Speaker | KIM Juhyun (Professor, Sangmyung University), LEE Junghun (Professor, Shinhan University) |
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 15:30 - 17:30 |
| Venue | Goyang Flower Exhibition - Book cafe |
2. Special Talk: Witnesses with Camera
| Panel | PARK Jungnam (Producer), HA Saetbyul (Director, Field Camera), MO Jinsu (Producer, DOTFACE), PARK Sohyun (Director, DOTFACE), SONG Won-geun (Director) |
|---|---|
| Date | September 17 (Sun) 15:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue | Goyang Flower Exhibition - Book cafe |