EBS International Documentary Festival

EIDF stands for the EBS International Documentary Festival, an annual film festival produced by the Educational Broadcasting System of South Korea since 2004.[1] The EIDF is billed as "Asia’s prestigious documentary festival," as well as the only film festival in the world to occur both on TV and in cinemas.[2] The EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) began in 2004, with a focus on highlighting documentary films focused on Asia or made in Asia, but also open to "countries from around the world," and in 2018, entrants included films from 32 countries. During the event, in addition to being screened in theaters, most films are also broadcast on TV via EBS local news channels as well as live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook.[3] In addition to screenings and broadcasts, EIDF events also include master classes and workshops.[4]

EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF)
LocationSeoul, South Korea
LanguageKorean & International
Websitehttp://www.eidf.org

History

Year Date (Opening) Date (Closing) Opening Film Number of Screening Award-Winning Film
2004August 30September 5Deconstruction of Korean Housewife129 films 99 televisedLast Home Standing
2005August 29September 4Another Myanmar, Mae Sot98 films 94 televisedBunso – The Youngest
2006July 10July 16The Journey of Vaan Nguyen83 films 83 televisedOut of Bounds
2007August 27September 2Heimatklänge58 films 54 televisedPuujee
2008September 22September 28Encounters at the End of the World43 films 43 televisedIf We Knew
2009September 21September 27Google Baby50 films 50 televisedUnmistaken Child
2010August 23August 29Planet of Snail49 films 49 televisedLast Train Home
2011August 19August 25How Are You Doing, Rudolf Ming?51 films 43 televisedMarathon Boy
2012August 17August 24Bully48 films 34 televisedPrivate Universe
2013October 18October 25Blackout54 films 23 televisedWhich Way Is the Frontline from Here?
2014August 25August 31Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory50 films 23 televisedReturn to Homs
2015August 24August 30Good Things Await52 films 32 televisedLa Once
2016August 22August 28Brothers53 films 30 televisedNatural Disorder
2017August 21August 27Unarmed Verses70 films 24 televisedFamily in the Bubble
2018[3]August 20August 26Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist72 films most televisedThe Distant Barking of Dogs
2019[2]August 17August 25Midnight Traveler73 films most televisedHoneyland
2020[2]August 17August 23Maddy the Model69 films most televisedCinema Pameer

Awards

    • Festival Choice Grand Prix (USD 10,000) : Awarded to the most complete and elaborate documentary among the twelve nominees in the EIDF main competition
    • Edu Choice Grand Prix (USD 10,000) : Awarded to the best documentary among the nominees in the EIDF 2012 main competition which provides refreshing insights for education as well
    • Spirit Award (USD 7,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that best reveals the director's artistic spirit and genuine message according to the theme of each year's EIDF
    • Special Jury Award (USD 5,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that shows outstanding approach in experimentation and form
    • UNICEF Special Award (USD 5,000) : Among the existing entries, awarded to the films which contain children related contents or have hopeful messages for children
    • Audience Award (USD 3,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that receives the most votes over the online and offline voting system

Special Events

  • Master's Class : The Master's Class offers special events for general audiences who have genuine interest in documentaries and documentary makers. The audience will be able to have a glimpse into the present state of documentary through filmmakers' and/or producers' own voices.
    • Master's Class of EIDF 2009 : Kaori Sakagami (Out of Frame: Search for Alternatives through Documentary Filmmaking), Thom Andersen (Get out of the Media) & Yves Jeanneau (Sunny or Cloudy?: International Co-Production)
  • Director's Class : In the Director's Class, directors of Festival Choice will share their passion, experience and knowledge with festival participants, who will be able to obtain practical know-hows such as documentary production and filmmaking.
    • Director's Class of EIDF 2009 : Mary Katzke & Nati Baratz (Character Driven Documentary Storytelling), Karen Michael (Documentary of the Multiplatform Era), Andrei Dascalescu (Emerging Film Director), Sally Gutierrez Dewar (Micro-narratives, Gender and How We Document) & Stelios Koul (Finctional Documentary)
  • Special Class : EIDF provides the special event of award-winning documentary makers with Korean participants from internationally known documentary film festivals such as HOTDOC and IDFA.
    • Special Class of EIDF 2009 : Simon El Habre, Award-winner of Best Documentary at HOTDOCs 2009 (For International Competence in Documentary-making: The Interaction of Structure and Editing)

EIDF Documentary Fund (EDF)

EIDF has launched EIDF Documentary Fund (EDF) assisting projects to develop and supply documentary contents for better quality. EDF has attracted many documentary directors and reinforced the works of documentaries in development. EDF announced that the Best Choice of EIDF 2009 is The Hazy Journey of the Illuminating Tree directed by Yi Seung Jun, and the winner will gain the financial support of KRW 30,000,000. Moreover, the winner's final production will be shown on the 7th EIDF in 2010.

Award-Winning Films in the Past

회차 Summary Award-Winning Film Juries

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  • Grand Prix : Last House Standing
  • Excellence Award : Journeys
  • Special Jury Award : Experimental Taiwanese Moon Academy
  • Audience Award : Mr. Cortisone, Happy Days
  • Trinh T. Minh-ha
  • Sandra Ruch
  • Wang XiaoLong
  • Dan Wolman
  • Do Jung Il

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  • Grand Prix : Bunso: The Youngest
  • Spirit Award : Little Birds
  • Special Jury Award : The Concrete Revolution
  • Audience Award : School Among Glaciers
  • Leonard Retel Helmrich
  • Ally Derks
  • Trinh T. Minh-ha
  • Kim So Young
  • Cho Chong Heup

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  • Grand Prix : Out of Bound
  • Spirit Award : Innocence
  • Special Jury Award : Smiling in a War Zone
  • Audience Award : Our Own Private Bin Laden
  • Dimitri Eipides
  • Sato Makoto
  • Claire Aguilar
  • Yoav Shamir
  • Lee Seung-Moo

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  • Grand Prix : Puujee
  • Spirit Award : The Cats of Mirikitani
  • Special Jury Award : Shame
  • Audience Award : To Live - Save Our Saemankum
  • Honorable Mention by the Jury : Made in Korea: A One Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam?
  • Geoffrey Gilmore
  • Antoinette Spielmann-von Joest
  • Lee Ann Kim
  • Chang-Jae Lee
  • Hideo Murata

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  • Grand Prix : If We Knew
  • Spirit Award : The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
  • Special Jury Award : Suddenly, Last Winter
  • Audience Award : Hear and Now
  • Honorable Mention by the Jury : The Red Race / The Demons of Eden
  • Christine Choy
  • Choong Jik Lee
  • Antoine Coppola
  • Ikeya Kaoru
  • Jung Ok Lee

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  • Grand Prix : Unmistaken Child
  • Spirit Award : Apology of an Economic Hit Man
  • Special Jury Award : Gaza-Sderot, Pre-War Chronicles
  • Audience Award : Unmistaken Child
  • Honorable Mention by the Jury : About Face: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw / Rip: A Remix Manifesto
  • EIDF Documentary Fund Winning Film: Bittersweet Joke
  • Thom Andersen
  • Yves Jeanneau
  • Kiyong Park
  • Kaori Sakagami
  • Gunny Hyoung

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  • Grand Prix : Last Train Home
  • Spirit Award : Disco and Atomic War
  • Special Jury Award : Space Tourist
  • unicef Award : Planet of Snail
  • Audience Award : Planet of Snail
  • EIDF Documentary Fund Winning Film: Planet of Snail
  • Pepe Danquart
  • Monique Simard
  • Atef Dalgamouni
  • Park Bong Nam
  • Lee Jeong Ook

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  • Grand Prix : Marathon Boy
  • Issues in Education Grand Prix : World Class Kids
  • Spirit Award : The Green Wave
  • Special Jury Award : The Castle
  • Audience Award : Marathon Boy
  • unicef Award : How Are You Doing, Rudolf Ming?
  • EIDF Documentary Fund Award : The Struggle for Sprouting

Festival Choice

  • Mark Lewis
  • Bill Nichols
  • Leonardo Retel Helmrich
  • Zhang Xien Min
  • Yu Gina

Issues in Education

  • Morten Moller Warmedal
  • Fukkiko Kisaichi
  • Lee Jung Ok

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  • Grand Prix : Private Universe
  • Edu Choice Grand Prix : In My Mother's Arms
  • Spirit Award : High Tech
  • Special Jury Award : Going up the Stairs
  • unicef Award : Inocente
  • Audience Award : The Reluctant Revolutionary

Festival Choice

  • Ross McElwee
  • Nino Kirtadze
  • Iikka Vehkalahti
  • Jacob Wong
  • Yi Seung-Jun

Edu Choice

  • Andy Glynee
  • Kim Yu Yeol
  • Nishikawa Miwako

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  • Grand Prix : Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
  • Spirit Award : The Gatekeepers
  • Special Jury Award : Buzkashi!
  • unicef Award : Beyond the Wave
  • Audience Award : Where is my Son?
  • Leonard RETEL HELMRICH
  • Tom PERLMUTTER
  • Daniel CROSS
  • Karolina LIDIN
  • Wakako NAGANO
  • Evgenii OLENEV
  • Gunny HTOUNG

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  • Grand Prix : Return to Homs
  • Spirit Award : Tomorrow We Disappear
  • Special Jury Award : Ariel
  • unicef Award : Wind on the Moon
  • Audience Award : 112 Weddings
  • Victor KOSSAKOVSKY
  • David ROYLE
  • Ramona DIAZ
  • Sinai ABT
  • CHU Deok-Dam

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  • Grand Prix : Tea Time
  • Spirit Award : Dance with Montaigne
  • Special Jury Award : Placebo
  • Audience Award : Almost There
  • Ally DERKS
  • GAN Chao
  • Jane ROSCOE
  • Philip CHEAH
  • JEONG Jae Eung

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  • Grand Prix : Natural Disorder
  • Spirit Award : GULISTAN, Land of Roses
  • Special Jury Award : Holy Cow
  • Audience Award : GULISTAN, Land of Roses
  • TRINH T. Minh-ha
  • Chris FUJIWARA
  • OH Jung-hun
  • WAKAI Makiko
  • LEE Jung Ok

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  • Grand Prix :
  • Spirit Award :
  • Special Jury Award :
  • unicef Award :
  • Audience Award :

Festival Choice

  • Grand Prix : Honeyland
  • Documentary Goyang Award : Selfie
  • Special Jury Award : Leftover Women
  • unicef Award :
  • Audience Award : Women of the Gulag
  • World Vision Special Award: My Little Dancing Shoes

See also

References

  1. "Biography: Gunny Hyoung". Asian Side of the Doc 2018 conference website. 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. "'Stand for Truth' executive producer brings honor to the Philippines". Manila Standard. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. "EBS documentary fest returns this week : Films on aging couples, nagging mother-in-law are annual event's highlights". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. "EBS EIDF". global.ebs.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved September 27, 2019.

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