Emerging Filmmakers Unveil Projects to Industry Professionals

Seoul Independent Film Festival's "Creative Lab"
18 Narrative Films and Four Documentaries

Emerging filmmakers will present their feature-length projects in development to industry professionals.

Poster for the Seoul Independent Film Festival's "Creative Lab: Planning and Development for Mid- and Low-Budget Films."

On October 27, the Seoul Independent Film Festival will hold project pitches and business meetings for participants in "Creative Lab: Mid- and Low-Budget Film Development" at the CKL Business Support Center. The program is run with support from the Korea Creative Content Agency's Content Creative Talent Development Program. Twenty-two writers and directors with feature film ideas were selected as mentees. The program supports screenplay planning and development through individual mentoring from 11 mentors and special lectures by experts. This year, 18 narrative films and four documentaries were selected from 214 projects submitted in April.

The selected narrative films are "Pinking" (Lee Sehyeong), "Bittulbaettul" (Heo Gayoung), "Yusain-gan" (Lee Dahyeon), "Mae-eoreum" (Jang Yunseon), "Our Wedding" (Bang Miri), "The Matching Show" (Yang Suhui), "Long Distance" (Yoon Daewon), "Jaerim Bonpuri" (Lee Nuhae), "Garuda" (Yang Jongchan), "Roots" (Yoo Wooil), "Wonjin Rayon" (Kim Yejin), "The Perfect Fishing Trip" (Seo Woncheol), "A Woman from Mauritius" (Ko Eunsang), "To You, a Stranger" (Yang Juhee), "Inku" (Kim Yura), "Taemong (Working Title)" (Kim Jeongmin), "Mania" (Kim Kyeongyeon) and "The Perfect Date" (Ryu Yeonsu). The selected documentaries are "My Mental Diary" (Lim Jueun), "The Volume of Silence" (Jung Hyejin), "The Mason's Daughters" (Kwak Seoyeong) and "Wandering Ghost" (Yoo Jaewon).

After the pitches, creators and industry professionals will take part in one-on-one business meetings. Creators will explore the production potential of their projects, while industry professionals will meet projects that have gone through mentoring. At the event, industry professionals will select and present awards to outstanding pitch projects.

This year's mentors are Kim Youngmin, CEO of Making a Print; Kim Sunghwan, CEO of About Film; Choi Jaewon, CEO of Anthology Studio; Byun Seungmin, CEO of Climax Studio; director Kim Sun; Kwak Yongsu, CEO of Indie Story; Ahn Boyoung, CEO of Film Young; Lee Anna, CEO of Annapurna Films; director Kim Sungho; Kang Sara, producer at Siso Pictures; and Han Kyeongsu, CEO of Argus Film.

This year's Seoul Independent Film Festival will run from November 25 to December 4 at CGV Apgujeong and CGV Cheongdam Cine City.

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