Jeonju International Film Festival

Launched in 2000, JIFF is now recognized as Mecca of independent film festival of Asia and the widest window of avant-garde cinema around the world. While you can find latest waves of Korean independent scene in Korean Film Competition, International Competition introduces new talents across the world and showing the potential of new cinematic aesthetics. A number of new, rising filmmakers have been introduced to the world stage by JIFF and it resulted in that the awardees of JIFF have been critically acclaimed by international film festivals scene.