Gangneung International Film Festival 2019

Hello!
I am the manager of Gangneung Tours!
The first Gangneung International Film Festival (GIFF) was held in Gangneung in 2019.

I will explain what events were held from the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony of the GIFF.

The red carpet event, the beginning and highlight of the GIFF was held.
A lot of important people paricipated in the event, such as actor Ahn sung-ki,
the GIFF organizing committee chairperson Kim Dong-ho, and the Gangneung mayor Kim Han-geun.

For the opening film, “A Little Princess” was selected, so all the actors were featured on the red carpet.

Actor Moon So-ri and director Jang Joon-hwan also appeared on the red carpet.
The most outstanding actors on the red carpet were Kim Seo-hyung and Kim Rae-won who re born in Gangneung.

<The movie reservation price is 5,000 won at Gangneung CGV and Shinyoung Theater / Free movie reservations at Gangneung Arts Center>

You can see various movies at Gangneung CGV, Shinyoung Theater and Gangneung Arts Center!
The GIFF website (http://www.giff.kr/kor) each theater well represent movie schedules,
​so you can reserve the movie that you want to see according to the movie schedules.

Now, I will introduce various events.
First, there was a program event.
The GIFF had a variety of lectures where directors and staffs gave us a detailed lecture. 

The master class program has been prepared.
The GIFF has invited director Koreeda Hirokazu and Writer Yun I-hyeong
who won the 2019 Yi Sang Literary Award and under the theme of “What can a movie do?”
​they discussed the social and cultural roles of a film.

This is the special talk section of the program event.
The GIFF invited director Lee Jang-ho and director Bae Chang-ho
who made a film version of the works of writer Choi In-ho who was passed away in 2013,
and the visitors had time to look back on the films,
​directors and actors, based on the works of the writer.

This event also had a conversation with the audience.
Directors and crews answered the audience’s questions and talked about their movies and
​they had a great time with the audience.

< Table Talk Free >

A table talk event was also held in the Gore Bookstore.
Under the theme of the beautiful movies loved by Gangneung writers,
there was a table talk event where the participants watched “a movie you want to watch with
​your loved ones on a late autumn night in November” selected by writers. and they shared opinions.

There was a memorial service for Pierre Rissient at the Shinyoung Theater.
This event paid tribute to the late Pierre Rissient (1936 to 2018),
who was a painter, director, critic, film lover, as well as an enthusiastic supporter for Korean films
while inviting his colleagues to watch his work together.
In addition to these programs, the GIFF has prepared a lot of other programs
​such as commentary screenings workshops, and live dubbing activities.

< VR Rounge Free >

In addition to the program event, another event was held!
The Gangneung Arts Center held a VR lounge event.
Visitors were able to experience VR films that have evolved from the previous movies and
they enjoyed the high-quality VR movies
​that have been well-received at domestic and international film festivals.

< 100X100 Free >

This is a 100X100 event.
Visitors were able to enjoy a variety of 100 movies of 100 seconds produced
​by 100 Korean movie directors in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Korean film industry. 

< Special Concert Free >

The special concert for the GIFF has been also prepared.
The concert is special film music & talk concert prevented by theater actors and musicians.
The participants could enjoy Gangneung, film and music played
by Korea’s leading theater actors, and a beautiful networking party.
They had a time where beautiful movie music was played on the piano
​with video just like the romantic moment everyone dreamed of.

Finally, the closing ceremony was held.
“Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back” was selected as the closing ceremony of the GIFF,
which is a American documentary film that covers Bob Dylan’s 1965 concert tour in England.
The closing performance ended with performances of Gangneung Project Band,
​Yang Byung-zip, and Kang San-ae.
Various programs and events were held at the GIFF in 2019.
We hope your enthusiastic participation, interest and love so that the GIFF will continue to be held every year.

@Gangneung International Film Festival Website
www.giff.kr/kor/