South Korean Film And Culture Festival On May 3 And 5

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (Bernama) -- The 19th Jeonju International Film Festival and 22nd Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival will be held in Jeonju, South Korea on May 3 and 5 respectively. Jeonju is a attractive traditional culture and tourism city in Korea that preserves a village of Korean traditional houses, Hanji and Korean traditional foods -- visited by over 10 million tourists annually, a statement said. Under the slogan of ‘Liberation Zone of Expression in Film’, the 10-day film festival will open on May 3, screening worldwide independent, feature, short and alternative films at 19 cinema halls in five theaters around the cinema street in Jeonju. 246 films (202 feature and 44 short films) will be screened including the opening film ‘Yakiniku Dragon’ directed by Jeong Ui-sin and closing film ‘Isle of Dogs’ directed by Wes Anderson. The films will also compete with each other in three categories; international film contest, Korean feature film and Korean short film, the statement added. Meanwhile, the 22nd Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival will also be held for three days starting on May 5 at the Korea Traditional Culture Center under the slogan ‘Rising for One Thousand Years, Succeeding for One Thousand Years’. Hanji is the Korean traditional paper made from fibrous skin of the mulberry. The festival will feature a colorful fashion show of Hanji clothes, Hanji handicraft art exhibition and a variety of Hanji experiencing events. The festival will be also publicise the unique of Jeonju Hanji and to expedite industrialisation and globalisation of Hanji. Further information about the festivals, please visit http://eng.jiff.or.kr/ and http://jHanji.or.kr/. --BERNAMA