10th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF)

The Jeonju International Film Festival has been held annually since 2000 in Jeonju, South Korea, focusing on digital, independent and art films.

Jeonju fest honors Filipino director
'Imburnal' wins international award in S. Korea

JEONJU, South Korea -- The Jeonju Film Festival, South Korea's second largest fest after Pusan, wrapped its 10th edition on Friday, presenting the $10,000 prize in the international feature competition to Filipino director Sherad Anthony Sanchez's "Imburnal."

Algerian director Tariq Teguia's "Inland" won the special jury prize in the 13-pic competition.

In the Korean films competition, director Lee Seo's "Missing Person" won the JJ-Star award for best pic, while director Sim Sang-kook's "Where is Ronny" and director Min Hwan-ki's "Sogyumo Acacia Band's Story" received special mentions.

Director Shin Dong-il's "Bandhobi," a satire about migrant workers in Korea, won the audience award and the CJ CGV Korean film distribution support laurel, which means the cinema chain will screen the pic for two weeks.

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This year marks the 10th year of this annual event and it was held from 30 April to 8 May, featuring 200 films from 42 countries.

A summary of the Award winners:

Click the summary for bigger font. Anyway, I was very happy for the film "School Days with a Pig" which won the JIFF Audience Award! Well Done Bacon!