Jecheon International Music & Film Festival concludes 22nd edition

The 22nd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) has concluded its six-day event in Jecheon, South Korea. The festival, which focuses on the intersection of music and film, featured 189 films from 51 countries and 37 performance teams.

Major award winners include ‘The Loneliest Man in That City’, directed by Ticha Kobi and Rainer Frimmel, which took the Grand Prize in the International Music Film Competition. The Grand Prize in the International Competition was awarded to ‘Gilgamesh’s Dream’, directed by Mohammed Al-Darraji.

In the domestic categories, music director Kim Jun-seok won the Grand Prize in the ‘Music Insight’ competition for his work on the film ‘High Five’. The ‘New Talent’ Showbox Grand Prize was awarded to music director Jo Eun for the documentary ‘Gong-sooni’. Additionally, the Jecheon Music Film Market provided support for several film projects, facilitating business meetings between creators and music professionals.