Key festival programmers quit last month over the succession issue.
South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) organizing committee and its chairman Kim Seung-su have appointed producer Lee Joondong the new festival director today (December 11).
Lee’s appointment will last for three editions starting with next year’s event, which runs April 30-May 9.
The country’s film industry was shaken last month when executive programmer Kim Young-jin, who had previously been the successor apparent to former festival director Lee Choong-jik, walked out with his two other core programming colleagues Lee Sangyong and Jang Byungwon over the issue of who would take the director role.
South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) organizing committee and its chairman Kim Seung-su have appointed producer Lee Joondong the new festival director today (December 11).
Lee’s appointment will last for three editions starting with next year’s event, which runs April 30-May 9.
The country’s film industry was shaken last month when executive programmer Kim Young-jin, who had previously been the successor apparent to former festival director Lee Choong-jik, walked out with his two other core programming colleagues Lee Sangyong and Jang Byungwon over the issue of who would take the director role.
- 12/11/2019
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- ScreenDaily
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