Flower of Korean Cultures Blooms in Jeonju: 20th Jeonju International Film Festival and 2019 Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival

Jeonju
City announced that large-scale cultural festivals including the 20^th
Jeonju International Film Festival and Jeonju Hanji Culture
Festival will take place in Jeonju, the most Korean city and one of the
major tourist cities in Asia in May 2019.

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Jeonju City announced that large-scale cultural festivals including the 20th Jeonju International Film Festival and Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival will take place in Jeonju, the most Korean city and one of the major tourist cities in Asia in May 2019. The 20th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) will be held from May 2 to 11 at Jeonju Movie Street and Palbok Art Factory. 23rd Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival is going to take place at Korea Traditional Culture Center from May 4 to 6. In addition a bunch of cultural events will take place in Jeonju are Airing out The Annals of the Choson Dynasty, a reenactment of traditional event where people hung out the annals to dry (May 5), and Night of Jeonju & Heritage Story (May 25-26), which allows visitors to experience Jeonju's cultural heritage, nightscape, and various cultural contents in one place, and Jeonju Daesaseup Festival (June 7-10), which features Pansori, a traditional Korean musical genre. (Photo: Business Wire)

The 20^th
Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) will be held from May 2 to
11 at Jeonju Movie Street and Palbok Art Factory, a renovated abandoned
factory, under the slogan of “Cinema, Liberated and Expressed.”

The festival features 275 movies from 57 countries (201 features, 74
shorts) including the opening film Piranhas, directed by Claudio
Giovannesi and the closing film Skin, directed by Guy Nattiv.

The festival celebrates its 20^th anniversary with special
program ‘Newtro Jeonju’ in which directors invigorated the festival for
the last 20 years talk about its history, tradition, identity, and
future. Jeonju International Film Festival official website: www.jiff.or.kr

23rd
Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival, which promotes industrialization and
globalization of traditional Hanji that has stood the test of a thousand
years, is going to take place with numerous events at Korea Traditional
Culture Center in Jeonju from May 4 to 6. The festival is aimed at
industrialization and globalization of Hanji under the slogan of
“Jeonju, Bloom with Hanji!”

Visitors will be able to see the Hanji Fashion Show and high-quality
Hanji handicrafts at the National Hanji Crafts Competition. 41
experience programs including various kinds of traditional Hanji crafts
and Hanji making are featured. Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival official
website: www.jhanji.or.kr

“Jeonju is the most Korean cultural tourist city where you can
experience the essence of Korean culture such as traditional house
Hanok, traditional clothes Hanbok, traditional paper Hanji and
traditional cuisine Hansik,” Kim Seung-Su, mayor of Jeonju said. “We
sincerely hope that visitors enjoy our film festival and see first-hand
traditional Hanji.”

In addition a bunch of cultural events will take place in Jeonju are
Airing out The Annals of the Choson Dynasty, a reenactment of
traditional event where people hung out the annals to dry (May 5), and
Night of Jeonju & Heritage Story (May 25-26), which allows visitors to
experience Jeonju’s cultural heritage, nightscape, and various cultural
contents in one place, and Jeonju Daesaseup Festival (June 7-10), which
features Pansori, a traditional Korean musical genre.

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