DMZ International Documentary Film Festival


DMZ International Documentary Film Festival[1] (Korean: DMZ국제다큐멘터리영화제), also known as DMZ Docs, is a South Korean film festival for documentary films jointly presented by Gyeonggi Province, Paju and Goyang.[2][3] Launched in 2009, it is held annually for seven days in September/October less than twenty kilometers from the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and showcases films dealing with "peace, coexistence and reconciliation."[4]

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmThe Eternal Memory
LocationGoyang and Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Founded2009
AwardsWhite Goose Award (Grand Prize)
Hosted byOrganizing Committee of DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
No. of films147
Festival dateOpening: September 14, 2023 (2023-09-14)
Closing: September 21, 2023 (2023-09-21)
WebsiteDMZ Docs 2022 Fact Sheet

History
Films screened: 61 films from 33 countries
Opening film: The Heart of Jenin, Lior Geller and Marcus Vetter, Germany
Closing film:
  • 2nd DMZ Docs, September 9-13, 2010[2][7]
Films screened: 74 films from 35 countries
Opening film: Peace, Kazuhiro Soda, Japan
Closing film:
Films screened: 101 films from 30 countries
Opening film: After the Apocalypse, Antony Butts, Britain[11]
Closing film: The Tiniest Place, Tatiana Huezo, Mexico
Films screened: 115 films from 36 countries
Opening film: Ping Pong, Hugh Hartford, Canada
Closing film:
Films screened: 119 films from 38 countries
Opening film: Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits, Park Chan-kyong, South Korea[20][21]
Closing film:
  • 6th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2014[22][23]
Films screened: 163 films from 33 countries
Opening film: Crying Boxers, E Il-ha, South Korea[24]
Closing film:
  • 7th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2015[25]
Films screened: 102 films from 43 countries
Opening film: I Am Sun Mu, Adam Sjöberg, United States
Closing film:
  • 8th DMZ Docs, September 22-29, 2016[26]
Films screened: 116 films from 36 countries
Opening film: One Warm Spring Day, Chung Su-eun, South Korea[27]
Closing film:
  • 9th DMZ Docs, September 21-27, 2017[28]
Films screened: 114 films from 42 countries
Opening film: Old Marine Boy, Jin Mo-young, South Korea
Closing film:
  • 10th DMZ Docs, September 13-20, 2018
Films screened: 142 films from 39 countries
Opening film: Coming to You, Minu, Jee Hye-won, South Korea
Closing film:
  • 11th DMZ Docs, September 20-27, 2019
Films screened: 151 films from 46 countries
Opening film: Across the Desert, Through the Lake Let's Peace!, Park So-hyun, South Korea
Closing film:
  • 12th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2020
Films screened: 122 films from 33 countries
Opening film: A Long Way to School, Kim Jeong-in, South Korea
Closing film:
  • 13th DMZ Docs, September 9-16, 2021[29]
Films screened: 126 documentaries from 39 countries
Opening film: Soup and Ideology, Yang Young-hee, South Korea
Closing film:
  • 14th DMZ Docs, September 22-29, 2022[30]
Films screened: 137 documentaries from 53 countries
Opening film: Keep Stepping, Luke Cornish
Grand Prize: Disturbed Earth
  • 15th DMZ Docs, September 14-21, 2023[31]
Films screened: 147 documentaries from 54 countries
Opening film: The Eternal Memory, Chile
Grand Prize:

Awards
  • International Competition: White Goose Award (cash prize of ₩15 million); Special Jury Award (₩7 million)
  • Korean Competition: Best Korean Documentary Award (₩10 million); Special Jury Award (₩5 million)
  • Audience Award (₩3 million)[32]
  • Youth Competition: Best Youth Documentary Award (₩1 million); Excellence Award (₩500,000)[33]

White Goose Award
Year Title Director Country
2009 Defamation Yoav Shamir
2010
2011 The Tiniest Place[33] Tatiana Huezo Mexico
2012 With or Without Me[34] Tran Phuong Thao, Swann Dubus Vietnam
2013
2014
2015 Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Abbas Fahdel Iraq
2016 Those Who Jump Abou Bakar Sidibe, Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner Denmark
2017 Communion service Anna Jametska Poland
2019 143 Sahara Street Hassen Ferhani Algeria, France, Qatar
2020 King Asu Alyx Ain Arumpak Philippines, France
2021 Soup and Ideology Yang Young-hee Korean-Japanese[35]
2022 Disturbed Earth Kumjana Novakova and Guillermo Carreras-Candi Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, North Macedonia

Special Jury Award
Year Title Director Country
2009 Sweet Crude[36] Sandy Cioffi USA
2010
2011 Bombay Beach Alma Har'el USA
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 When Two Worlds Collide Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel Peru, United States, United Kingdom
2017 Wash Show Andrea Dalsgard, Obaida Zaytun Denmark, Finland, Syrian Arab Republic
2020 I Am a Journalist Mori Tatsuya Japan
2021 President Camille Nielsson Denmark
2022 We, Students! Rafiki Fariala Central African Republic , France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia

Best Korean Documentary
Year Title Director
2009
2010
2011 My Father's House Kang Yu Ga-ram
2012 Summer Days in Bloom Go U-jung, Roh Eun-ji
2013
2014
2015
2016 The Remnants Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang
2017 Forgetting and Memory 2: Looking Back 4.16 Solidarity Media Committee
2020 People Who Don't Carry Guns 2: Challenge the Taboo Hwan-Tae Kim
2021 Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action Yoon Ga-hyun[37]
2022 Time of Seeds Seol Suan

Audience Award
Year Title Director Country
2009
2010
2011 Goodbye Homerun Lee Jung-ho South Korea
2012 Turn It Up to Eleven 2: Wild Days Baek Seung-hwa South Korea
2013
2014 My Love, Don't Cross That River Jin Mo-young South Korea
2015
2016 The Remnants Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang South Korea
2017 Rice Flower Oh Jeong-hoon South Korea
2021 A fairy tale in its prime Won Ho-yeon[38] South Korea
2022 I am More Lee Ilha South Korea

Best Youth Documentary
Year Title Director Country
2009
2010
2011 Uncomfortable Eyes, Uncomfortable Truth You Seok-hyun, Park Ka-young South Korea
2012 Less Than 1％[39] Ha Seo-young South Korea
2013
2014
2015
2016 Between 9 and 0 Kim Su-min South Korea
2017 Step by Step Heo Na-kyung South Korea

Excellence Award in Youth Competition
Year Title Director Country
2009
2010
2011 High School Student's Guide to Be a Filmmaker Kim Seul-gi South Korea
2012 I Want to Be a Nineteen Yu Min-ah, Jung Min-su,
Kim Su-min, Kim Seul-gi		 South Korea
2013
2014
2015
2016 We Can Call It Love Min Geo South Korea
2017 Friends Minseo Kim, Namjoo Kim, Seongjae Lee South Korea

References
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  39. Special Mention: Not for Nothing, Lee Ju-ri.
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