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Jeonju film festival unveils 10 films in international competition
Posted : 2021-04-06 17:03
Updated : 2021-04-06 17:28
From left, programmers Chun Jin-su, Moon Seok, Sung Moon and actress Choi Hee-seo announce the line-up of the 22nd Jeonju International Film Festival during an online press conference in Jeonju, Tuesday. Courtesy of Jeonju IFF
By Kwak Yeon-soo
Jeonju International Film Festival (Jeonju IFF) organizers announced on Tuesday the 10 feature films that will compete in the International Competition section this year.
Selected from 398 submissions, the line-up includes Jimmy Keyrouz s Lebanese drama Broken Keys, about a pianist trying to escape a Syrian town controlled by ISIS; Colombian director Mercedes Gaviria s documentary The Calm After the Storm, which deals with familial conflicts; Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai s Stop-Zemlia, which tells the story of a teenage girl navigating emotional turmoil.