Seoul youth festival to screen 120 films from 33 countries

Seoul youth festival to screen 120 films from 33 countries
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Aiming to expand exchanges among talented youths, the
Seoul Youth International Film Festival (SIYFF) will open in the South Korean
capital next month, featuring more than 120 films from 33 different countries,
the event's Web site said Tuesday.

The annual festival will run this year from July 9 through 15 at three major
theaters in central Seoul. It will open with "I Know You Know," a Berlin film
fest-invited feature film by Justin Kerrigan.
A total of 36 films will compete at the festival, and the non-competition section
will be split into nine categories, screening Korean teenager films from the
1970s and past creations of Japan's Nobuhiko Obayashi.
Established in 1999, the SIYFF is the largest youth film festival in Korea and
provides a venue for young people to share their culture via film and media
education.
The festival has drawn increasing attention from home and abroad in recent years,
introducing not only youth-made films but adult-made movies delving into
youth-related issues such as family and inner maturity.
The festival selects two Grand Prize winners and two Jury Prize winners each year.
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