Dong-Eui University Collaborates with France's Gustave Eiffel University to Produce Documentary on Modern and Contemporary Korean History

Dong-Eui University and the French National Gustave Eiffel University have been conducting the "2023 Korea-France Interactive Documentary Co-production Project" from the 1st to the 17th of this month.

Dong-Eui University and Eiffel University established a sisterhood relationship in 2013 and have been traveling between Korea and France for 11 years this year, jointly producing interactive documentaries.

This year's project, held in Korea, is supported by Dong-Eui University's LINC3.0 Project Group and the Film & Transmedia Research Institute. It involves 49 students and 2 professors from Dong-Eui University's Department of Film Studies, and 34 students and 5 professors from Eiffel University, producing documentaries about modern and contemporary Korean history.

The documentaries are created by seven teams composed of students from both countries on various topics, and a screening will be held on the 16th at 2 p.m. at Dong-Eui University's Industry-Academia Cooperation Building, Dong-Eui Cinema Hall.

The topics include "The Gwangju Democratization Movement Viewed Through Archival Materials," "Memories of Comfort Women," "Korean Food, the Korean War, and Korea's Modernization," "The Footsteps of Shamanism," "The Yeosu-Suncheon Incident Through the Lens of Karl Myrdal," "Busan Hayaria Camp," and "Yeongdo Kkangkkangi Village," among others.

Students from Dong-Eui University and the French National Gustave Eiffel University are taking a group commemorative photo.

Professor Cha Min-cheol of Dong-Eui University's Department of Film Studies and Professor Thierry Bongjong of Eiffel University, who are leading this project, said, "In this project, now in its 11th year, students from both countries have captured intersecting perspectives on modern and contemporary Korean history in a new film format called interactive documentary."

They added, "We hope that through this project, Korean and French students will collaborate in various fields and that the exchange and cooperative relationship will be further strengthened."

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