OverviewKamal Aljafari, whose films transform geopolitical questions into matters of cultural identity, discusses “cinematic justice”: reclaiming images seized by the occupier and restoring them to their rightful place.

ModeratorJANG Byungwon (Head of Programming, DMZ Docs)

GuestKamal ALJAFARI (Director)

DateSep 13 (Sun) 16:20 (after the screening of Recollection + It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 7

OverviewMoving between the cinema screen and the white cube, Basma al-Sharif’s practice imaginatively constructs images of Palestine from outside Palestine, remapping familiar territories in strange and unexpected ways. This master class examines an artistic practice that moves beyond the representation of tragedy to continually expand Palestine as a territory of images.

ModeratorMOON Juhwa (Programmer, DMZ Docs)

GuestBasma al-SHARIF (Director), KIM Byeonggyu (Film Critic)

DateSep 11 (Fri) 19:30 (after the screening of Morning Circle + Old Masters + Home Movies Gaza)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 7

OverviewIn the wake of the Anthropocene, how do humans coexist in discord within the ecosystem? Erika Balsom—researcher, film critic, and author of An Oceanic Feeling: Cinema and the Sea, which explores from multiple perspectives the relationship between the fluidity of the ocean and the specific mediality of cinema—examines works presented in the Eco-Documentary section in this special lecture.

ModeratorMOON Juhwa (Programmer, DMZ Docs)

GuestErika BALSOM (Critic / Reader in Film Studies, King's College London)

DateSep 12 (Sat) 19:10 (after the screening of Ten Skies)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 7

OverviewDiscussions of the Anthropocene, which gained momentum in the 2000s, have had a profound impact on documentary cinema. In an in-depth conversation with Hamaguchi Ryusuke, director of the Tohoku Trilogy made in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we consider the aesthetic and social practices of documentary that reconfigure the relationships between human and nonhuman, nature and civilization, coexistence and discord.

ModeratorMOON Juhwa (Programmer, DMZ Docs)

GuestHAMAGUCHI Ryusuke (Director)

DateSep 13 (Sun) 12:30 (after the screening of Storytellers)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 4

OverviewOrganized by the Critics’ Choice selection committee, this conversation examines how the formation of rapport—often regarded as one of the fundamental conditions of documentary filmmaking as a relational practice—shapes the very existence, modes of production, and language of documentary cinema. Focusing on Karma and Miari Texas, the discussion considers the relationship between the filmed subject and cinematic form.

ModeratorHAN Changwook (Critics' Choice Selection Committee / Film Critic)

GuestKIM Myunwoo (Director, Karma), JANG Yunmi (Director, Miari Texas), PARK Dongsoo (Film Critic)

DateSep 12 (Sat) 14:00 (after the screening of Karma)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 6

OverviewAntoine Thirion, programmer of Cinéma du Réel, discusses the work of Raymond Depardon, who has consistently used photography and cinema to document, preserve, and reflect on human activity as a witness to life.

ModeratorJANG Byungwon (Head of Programming, DMZ Docs)

GuestAntoine Thirion (Programmer, Cinéma du Réel)

DateSep 12 (Sat) 16:00 (after the screening of San Clemente)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 5

OverviewFocusing on Raymond Depardon’s Profiles Farmers trilogy, this talk considers what it means to document the remnants and disappearance of the agricultural world, one of humanity’s most fundamental ways of life. Depardon is the central figure of the archival program Witness Depardon, or the Cinema of an Archivist Preserving Life.

ModeratorJANG Byungwon (Head of Programming, DMZ Docs)

GuestAntoine Thirion (Programmer, Cinéma du Réel)

DateSep 13 (Sun) 10:30 (after the screening of Profiles Farmers: The Approach)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 6

OverviewFilm critic Kim Haery speaks with director Alexander Murphy about Tin Castle, a film that portrays a nomadic family living in an old trailer with an impressionistic style and deep lyricism.

GuestKIM Haery (Film Critic), Alexander MURPHY (Director, Tin Castle)

DateSep 12 (Sat) 19:00 (after the screening of Tin Castle)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 4

OverviewWriter and comedian Geumgae speaks with director Viv Li about Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest, a film that moves between Beijing and Berlin while exploring queer identity and the question of finding one’s place. Their conversation turns to the sense of longing for freedom, only to find oneself at odds with the freer place once one arrives; the process of creating work from one’s own life story; and the ways humor is put to use along the way.

GuestKeumgae (Writer/Comedian), Viv LI (Director, Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest)

DateSep 13 (Sun) 20:00 (after the screening of Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 7

OverviewThere is a sky within the frame. This simple form often carries the stigma of being demanding, or overly conceptual, cinema. Before us are ten images of the sky. From what position, and through what method, did the filmmaker arrive at them? That is the first question. The second is simpler: how might we enjoy this film simply, purely, as something to be seen and heard?

HostIL hwan(Programmer, Lothringen), PARK Kyujae(Programmer, Lothringen)

DateSep 13 (Sun) 16:30 (after the screening of Ten Skies)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 4

OverviewTaking the screenings of Afterlives and Recording with Mother "Working Hands” as a starting point, we consider together the process by which a film reaches the screen, and what remains once it is over. The four programmers behind this program have each created spaces for collective viewing in different ways—running venues, curating, organizing screenings around social issues, and developing small-scale film programs. By sharing their experiences and concrete examples, they will discuss the possibilities and challenges that arise when screening is understood as a communal practice.

HostMaya WEST (Founder, SALT), LEAM Sooyoung (Independent Curator), KIM Hannah (Organizer, "Films for Freedom" screening series), LEE Hajin (Organizer, "SALT Cinema" screening series)

DateSep 12 (Sat) 16:10 (after the screening of Essay Compilation 3)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 8

OverviewBetween the abandonment of childhood and the duties of adulthood, this program considers what “youthness” might mean in film and documentary.

HostGEUM Dong-hyeon, YU Pyeong-in, YOON So-hee, LEE Ra-jin (Image Book)

DateSep 15 (Tue) 16:30 (after the screening of I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore)

VenueMEGABOX Kintex 4