Gyeonggi Province to add more theaters for DMZ documentary films
Createdd 2016-08-23 Hit 454
Contents
Screenings expected in Gimpo and Yeoncheon in addition to Goyang and Paju
On August 2, the DMZ International Documentary Film
Festival’s
organizing committee announced that it will screen films at Gimpo Art Hall and
Yeoncheon Sureul Art Hall starting this year. ⓒ
Gyeonggi G-News
Starting this year, film
entries at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival will be screened at more
venues.
On August 2, the DMZ
International Documentary Film Festival’s organizing committee announced
that it will screen films at Gimpo Art Hall and Yeoncheon Sureul Art Hall
starting this year. Until last year, films were screened at two Megabox
theaters: Baekseok in Goyang and Paju Book City.
During the festival, which
will run from September 22 to 29, a total of six sessions will be held between
September 23 and 24 at the Grand Hall in Gimpo Art Hall.
Yeoncheon Sureul Art Hall will
hold four screening sessions at its Grand Performance Hall between September 25
and 26. As for the Megabox theater in Goyang City, it is expected to air film
entries throughout the entire festival excluding the opening day on September
22. The Megabox theater in Paju Book City will show film entries for five days
between September 23 and 27.
The DMZ International
Documentary Film Festival originally screened all entries in Paju City from the
inaugural festival in 2009 until its fourth annual event. For its fifth (in
2013) and sixth (in 2014) annual events, the festival moved its screening venue
to Goyang City. Beginning with its seventh annual event, the festival secured
two theaters, one each in the cities of Goyang and Paju, to screen its film
entries.
One official said, “The most
important factor that will help the festival grow is the participation and
interest of local residents.” The official added, “We hope the people of Goyang, Paju, Gimpo, and Yeoncheon can come
out to help the festival develop into one of the best known festivals in
northern Gyeonggi and the DMZ area.”
The 8th DMZ
International Documentary Film Festival will screen 116 documentary films from
approximately 36 countries during its run from September 22 to 29.The DMZ International
Documentary Film Festival has continued to grow in terms of its audience each
year.
The seventh annual event,
which took place after the festival broadened its reach to Goyang and Paju,
attracted more than 17,000 visitors, an all-time high. Also, for the first time
in the eight years since the festival began, more than 1,000 entries were made.
A total of 1,132 entries from
105 countries were registered in the competition division. With 35% of film
entries coming from Europe, 34% from Asia, 16% from Africa, 12% from South
America, 2% from North America, and 1% from other regions, the festival also
lived up to its name as an international film festival.
An official with the festival
explained, “The number of documentary film entries on a variety of topics and
subjects including war, refugees, and the environment continues to grow as the
nature of DMZ International Film Festival, which values peace, communication
and life, becomes better known each year.”
Kim Jin-kyoung jinkyoungkim@kg21.net
