[INTERVIEW] SEFF Director: 'Today's environmental problems implicate all of us'
Posted : 2021-07-11 14:29
Updated : 2021-07-11 20:33
Lee Myung-se has directed the annual Seoul Eco Film Festival since 2018. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Film director Lee Myung-se highlights critical role of environmental film festival in Seoul
By Ko Dong-hwan
Lee Myung-se speaks during the opening ceremony of 18th Seoul Eco Film Festival at Rachel Carson Hall in Greenfund's headquarters in Seoul's Jung District on June 3. Courtesy of Seoul Eco Film Festival Having overseen the annual Seoul Eco Film Festival (SEFF) since 2018, veteran Korean film director Lee Myung-se has seen more clearly that "human errors" are at the core of all existing environmental problems. He believes that all those carbon footprints devastating the ozone layer and the rampant plastic waste everywhere derive from no other than humans' selfishness and capitalistic greed.