Jecheon International Music & Film Festival to open tomorrow

▲ This photo, provided by the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, shows Justin Hurwitz, the winner of Jecheon Film Music Award winner. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, August 10 (Yonhap) -- The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, Asia's largest music and film festival, will start its six-day journey from August 11 till 16.

According to the film festival secretariat on Wednesday, this festival will be held under the slogan “a tempo” (original speed), with 139 films from 39 countries being introduced.

With the film festival being held in proper operation after two years due to COVID-19, the representative music program “One Summer Night” will also be held.

Additionally, “Film Concert,” where one can enjoy a movie with the orchestra’s live performance in the background and the “Special Concert,” by Justin Hurwitz, the music director of the movie “La La Land,” will be held.

This film festival is attracting a lot of attention with a large number of foreign guests attending.

"Film Concert" performer and Jecheon Film Music Award winner Justin Hurwitz, and director Mike Figgis of “Leaving Las Vegas” will be visiting Jecheon as the chairperson of the international competition jury.

Bartosz Blaschke, director of “Sonata,” chosen as the opening film of the film festival, will also be attending.

Actor Michal Sikorski, who appeared in Netflix's Polish series “Open Your Eyes,” and Krew Boylan, the lead actor of this year's international competition “Seriously Red” will also be appearing on the stage of the film festival.

Producer Michael Mallie of “Nothing Compares,” a documentary about Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, and Gabin Rivoire, director of “Laurent Garnier: Off the Record,” were also invited.

Sabaah Folayan, who directed the movie “Look at Me: XXX Tentacion,” along with Ori Segev and Noah Dixon, who directed the movie “Poser,” also visited Jecheon to meet the audience.

Many foreign filmmakers, including producer Love Martinsen and artistic director Maria Loohufvu of “Calendar Girls,” which has been nominated for the international work, and producer Krastyo Lambev of “The Naked Truth About the Zhiguli Band” are visiting Korea for this festival as well.

Meanwhile, 241 volunteers from this film festival gathered at the Semyung University Academic Hall on Tuesday for an inauguration ceremony.

They will be in charge of on-site support for the smooth operation of the film festival.

(This article was translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)

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