This year, DMZ Docs plans to hold an international forum that will provide deeper discussions with diverse perspectives. Erased from both histories of the divided motherland and the country they are living in that once colonized the motherland, Koreans in Japan has been documenting their own past and present. This POV program will introduce six films among their documentaries to the audience and will start the discussion on the ways how we could interpret the Koreans in Japan films as Korean films, Japanese films and auto-ethnography films.
DATE | Sep 12(SUN) 13:00 |
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VENUE | Aram Nuri Art Center Saerasae Theater |
GUESTS | Kim Sohye(Film Analyst, DMZ Docs Festival Advisor), Cho Eunae(Dongguk University), Shota Ogawa(Nagoya University) |
DMZ Docs joins with the Gyeonggi Film Student Association - a union of film training focused schools comprised of 9 universities and 4 arts high schools located in Gyeonggido - along with The Korean Society of Media and Arts, in order to present collaborative programs. The projects aim to expand the audience of documentary films to the younger generations and prepare the film industry for a way to grow in the new normal society. There will be a live streaming of the program.
Joint Program with GFSA
GFSA Student Jury
The jury consisted of 18 university students in film major and 3 arts high school students will decide the winner of this year’s Asian Competition. The selected work will receive the Next Award and a cash prize of KRW 3,000,000.
The opportunity to discuss the meaning of documentary films in the post-media, post-COVID, post-truth generation will be given in the joint forum program provided by DMZ Docs and the Korean Society of Media and Arts. Media professionals will introduce the latest theories in the documentary industry to the audience, providing papers on various issues in the modern society and examining them together. The program will also be available online via live streaming.
Documentary Academic Forum “Documentary Here and Now: Social Agenda, Public Opinion, Platform, Industry”
DATE | Sep 11(SAT) 13:00 |
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VENUE | Aram Nuri Art Center Saerasae Theater |
Session 1: “Documentary Here and Now: Social Agenda and Public Opinion” | |
Host | Minah Jeong (Professor, Sungkyul University) |
Speakers |
Lee Dohoon (Lecturer at Yonsei University Interdisciplinary Major, Film Critic) “Documentaries Taking Over the Locale: How Korean Independent Documentaries Unite with the Site” Kim Naehoon (Author of ¡ºProvocateur¡») “The ’Memeification’ of Reason and the Cultural Politics of ‘Memes’” |
Discussion | Lee Changjae (Professor, Chung-Ang University), No Kwangwoo (Lecturer at Korea University Media Major), Sun Seungbeom (Sogang University Graduate School) |
Session 2: “Documentary Here and Now: Platform and Industry” | |
Host | Cho Hyunil (Professor, Soongeui Women’s College) |
Speakers | Jeon Jiyoon(Professor at Seoul Media Institute of Technology, Media Artist) “New Technology and AR For Digital Storytelling” Choi Wooyoung(Documentary Filmmaker) “Post-Corona, A Way to Sustainable International Joint Production” |
Discussion | Klair Ji Sue Yoo(Professor, Yong In Universiry), Kam Byung-seok(Producer) |
The forum will serve a purpose of a place for communications dedicated to hearing the opinions of professionals in various fields related to documentary film industry and forming a common understanding on the idea of a public archive of documentaries.
DATE | Sep 10(FRI) 13:00 |
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VENUE | Aram Nuri Art Center Saerasae Theater |
SPEAKERS |
Choi Hyojin (Researcher, New Public Video Cultural Heritage Policy Forum) “Introducing International Examples of Public Video Cultural Heritage Platforms and Related Status in Korea” Jeon Gapsaeng (Researcher, Institute for East Asian Studies at Sungkonghoe University) “Archiving Video Recordings and Utilizing Contents: Focused on DMZ and Geoje Island Related International Archives" Jang Eunkyung (Director, MediACT) “Status and Tasks of Social Solidarity Archives - Focused on ‘4.16 Solidarity Media Commission’” |
Discussion Moderator | Choi Seungho(NEWSTAPA PD) |
Discussion Speakers |
Jeon Gyuchan(Korea National University of Arts, School of Films) Cho Junhyung(Korean Film Archive) |
The Roles and Commitments of Documentary Producers
In the joint forum organized by DMZ Docs and the Gyeonggi Film Commission, filmmakers and producers will be exploring the roles and commitments that film producers fulfill now, and what they should aim in the future.
DATE | Sep 11(SAT) 18:00 |
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VENUE | Aram Nuri Saerasae Theater |
GUESTS | Kim Ok-young(CEO of StoryOn, Documentary writer/Producer), Gary Byung-seok Kam(Producer/Director), Sunah Kim(Producer), Kang Hojun(Director, Contents Namu), Park Hye-ryoung(Director, CEO of Hayanso Entertainment) |