서울국제여성영화제

Thirty years after The Murmuring vividly captured the voices of “comfort women” survivors, the Wednesday Demonstrations face disruptions, the “Statues of Peace” are under threat, and the number of living survivors is dwindling. In this shifting reality, directors Byun Youngjoo and Kangyu Garam, along with scholar KIM Hyun Gyung discuss and explore how the “comfort women” issue can be remembered and recorded beyond firsthand testimony.

Following a screening of The Long Road to the Director’s Chair, which documents the world’s first international women’s film seminar held in Berlin in 1973, this roundtable brings together organizers of women’s film festivals from across Korea and beyond to reflect on the history and current landscape of these festivals. The discussion will explore the challenges and rewards of organizing festivals, ongoing efforts to discover and support women filmmakers and their work, and creative ways to connect with audiences.

Every year, experts from various fields participate as special guest curators in the ‘RE:Discover by Curation’ program, selecting films they wish to revisit with audiences. This year, feminist political economist Professor Kim Joohee returns to Byun Youngjoo’s Helpless (2012), viewing it through the lens of “financialization and women,” and leads an in-depth conversation with the audience.

As a guest curator for this year’s ‘RE:Discover by Curation,’ director Jeong Jae-eun has personally selected Chantal Akerman’s I, You, He, She to revisit with the audience. Following the screening, film critic Kwon Eun-sun joins for a discussion exploring Akerman’s distinctive cinematic vision and aesthetics.