South Korea's second largest film festival (after Busan), the Jeonju International Film Festival celebrates its 17th anniversary this year from April 28 through May 7. Around thirty French productions will be showcased at the event, which includes a special tribute to the French filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux.
An event that combines a major film festival and an important meeting place for movie professionals with the Jeonju Cinema Project (at which France will be represented by Claire Denis, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, and Jean-Marie Straub), this year's Jeonju International Film Festival will present a rich selection of French productions. The festival also coincides with the 2016 Korea-France Year of Bilateral Cultural Exchange.
The delegation of French artists expected at the event includes Gaspar Noé, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Yves Montmayeur, Roxane Mesquida, and Philippe Grandrieux, who is the subject of a special retrospective event featuring eight of the director's films, including Sombre, A New Life, and White Epilepsy.
French films presented:
- Mrs B., a North Korean Woman by Jero Yun
- Love by Gaspar Noé
- The Reflection of Power by Mihai Grecu
- Monsieur Chocolat by Roschdy Zem
- A Lovely Valley by Gaël Lépingle
- Madame Courage by Merzak Allouache
- Dead Slow Ahead by Mauro Herce
- Irreplaceable by Thomas Lilti
- Agnus Dei / The Innocents by Anne Fontaine
- The Wounded Angel by Emir Baigazin
- Keeper by Guillaume Senez
- Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) by Eva Husson
- Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Nobody from Nowhere by Matthieu Delaporte
- Human by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Illegitimate by Adrian Sitaru
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin by Yves Montmayeur
- Evolution by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- Baden Baden by Rachel Lang
- Comoara (The Treasure) by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitaï
- Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch
- The Son of Joseph by Eugène Green
- Hotaru by William Laboury
- Mon roi by Maïwenn
- The Smell of Us by Larry Clark
