Skip to content
Jeonju Digital Project Collection
Movie Saga2003 – 2013

Jeonju Digital Project Collection

8 Films
5.0 Avg Rating

In 2000, Jeonju International Film Festival launched the Jeonju Digital Project with the conviction to create "teasers for the future films that inspire us" With emphasis on the word "digital" and focusing on the format of a short film, every year Jeonju Digital Project has compiled three short films to create a feature length omnibus film.

Films in Saga(8)

Browse all releases in chronological order or sorted by rating.

Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director who travels around Seoul with a digital camera .

Jeonju Digital Project 2004
3.0(1)1h 38m

Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
6.5(4)1h 47m

This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 min) is a bitter love story based on Anton Chekhov's novel, in which a lonely math teacher falls in love with her married university classmate. Pen-ek Ratanaruang's TWELVE TWENTY (30 min) depicts the encounters of a man and a woman on a long haul flight, where they spend the next twelve hours and twenty minutes reading, drinking, eating and watching movies and sleeping by each other's side, as if they are a married couple.

Memories
#4Memories(2007)
5.5(5)1h 42m

Previously focused on Asian directors, “Jeonju Digital Project 2007” takes a look at Europe. The Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, the German filmmaker Harun Farocki, and the French filmmaker Eugène Green participated in this project.

A day so long: Jeonju Digital Project 2008

Moussa, who had been on a long journey across the desert, suddenly returns to the village one day, and the creditors who loaned him travel money come with dissatisfaction. When a young, beautiful but poor Awa announces that she will marry her wealthy Kareem, her lover Karim decides to take revenge on her birthday. Memories of her unforgettable past come back to a woman, along with her longing for her lost son.

Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010
1h 57m

Six soldiers wandering in search of enemies in the forest where they can't see an inch ahead. While gathering on the island to prepare Shakespeare's play, Luisa finds out that other actors are stalking her. A pig iron ephemera transported to a steel mill.

A Traveler's Memory: Jeonju Digital Project 2011
1h 50m

Memories of neighbors surrounding a violinist who committed suicide naked. Journey to the jungles of Guyana and Suriname in South America, chasing down the infamous gold miners. A sequel to 'Mauris Barres', directed by Jean-Marie Straub, wandering around Mont Saint-Eudil. Jean-Marie Straub, a ‘fighter’ of modern cinema, who explores the physical properties of movies; Claire Denis, an ‘adventurer’ who crosses boundaries and encounters others; Jose, the ‘walker’ who discovers the mysteries of life with the attitude of an essayist Louis Guerin's original cinematic world.

Strangers
#8Strangers(2013)
2h 23m

A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation. Marina, who came to Sawai Island in search of a legendary love story, and another foreigner, a young man with the same name as the legendary protagonist. The landscape of foreigners living difficult lives in Guro-dong, Garibong-dong, Sillim-dong, and Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Director Kobayashi Masahiro, beloved by Cannes, Edwin, the future of Indonesian cinema, and cineaste Jang Ryul unfold a story of "people who feel alone even when together."