Gochang-gun 'Gochang Rural Film Festival' Opens on the 30th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Green carpet instead of red carpet.

‘Gochang Nongchon Film Festival,’ the only rural-themed film festival in Korea, has selected this year’s festival slogan and opening film, and has begun full-scale promotion of the festival.

According to Gochang-gun on the 19th, the slogan for the ‘3rd Nongchon Film Festival’ opening on the 30th was set as ‘#Movie #Barley in Gochang.’ It expresses the audience coming to watch the films and Gochang-gun’s specialty, green barley.

The opening film selected is ‘Dambo’ directed by Kang Daegyu. The movie ‘Dambo’ is a healing film depicting two loan sharks who, while trying to collect debts, end up taking a child as collateral.

At the opening ceremony, director Kang Daegyu will personally take the stage to introduce the film and deliver greetings before the screening, communicating with the audience.

Also, ‘Movie Talk - Healing Cinema’ will feature director Kim Jinyu’s ‘I am Barley’ in a talk concert format. It offers a warm perspective on the lacking community viewed by our society in a rural village and shares episodes from the film.

The Gochang Nongchon Film Festival Organizing Committee said, “We selected these two films to heal and comfort all of us exhausted by COVID-19,” adding, “It will be an opportunity to remind us once again of the growth and preciousness of family.”

This year’s Nongchon Film Festival will be held from the 30th to the 1st of next month at the Gochang Agricultural Products Distribution Center and Dongri Cinema area. Due to COVID-19, it will be operated in a non-face-to-face and scaled-down manner, and a non-face-to-face film screening program called ‘Drive Cinema in Gochang’ will be conducted.

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