Juries

The 29th Busan International Film FestivalDGK PLUS M Award Juries

KIM Lokkyoung

Korea Director

Kim Lokkyoung, born in 1982, began working as an actor in various projects from 2004 and started making films in 2015. He directed the short film Not Waving But Drowning (2019), and the feature films Festival (2020) and Jinju's Pearl (2022).

LEE Dong-eun

Korea Director

Lee Dong-eun's debut film In Between Seasons (2016) was invited to the New Currents section of the 2016 Busan International Film Festival, where it won the KNN Audience Award, and received the Jury Award at the 2018 OUTshine Film Festival. His second film, Mothers (2017), an adaptation of his own work that won 2013 Dong-A Ilbo Annual Spring Literary Contest, received the NETPAC Jury Prize at the 2018 Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas. Family Affair (2019), his third film, is an adaptation of his third graphic novel and was invited to the 2019 Busan International Film Festival, among others. Other published graphic novels include Yoyo (2019), Jin and Jin (2020), and Hana (2023).

LEE Hojae

Korea Director

Lee Hojae studied advertising at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and film directing at the Art Center College of Design in the United States. He made his debut with the feature film The Scam (2009) and then directed SORI: Voice from the Heart (2015), which was followed by the Watcha Original series Recipe for Farewell (2022).

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