Juries
The 29th Busan International Film FestivalKBS Independent Film Award Juries
JUNG Sung-il
Korea Film Critic, Director
Jung Sung-il is a highly regarded Korean film critic and director. He launched the monthly film magazine Kino in 1995, serving as the editor-in-chief, and was a programmer at the Jeonju International Film Festival and visiting professor at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. He published two volumes of film criticism, Someday the World Will Become a Movie (2010) and Desperate Reading (2010). His debut film, Cafe Noir (2009), premiered at the 2009 Busan International Film Festival and 2009 Venice Film Festival, while his documentary, Night and Fog in Zona (2015), capturing the filming location of the Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing, screened at BIFF 2015 and the 2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Jung’s two documentaries on filmmaker Im Kwon-taek entitled Gravity of the Tea (2018) and Cloud, Encore (2018) premiered at BIFF 2018, catching the world’s attention.
CHOI Kookhee
Korea Director
After directing several short films including, The Springtime Of Life (2006) and Carnival (2007), Choi Kookhee made a debut with the feature film Split (2016), which was followed by Default (2018) and Life is Beautiful (2019). He is currently waiting for his latest film Starry Night (2022) to be released in theaters.
AN Eunmi
Korea Producer
An Eunmi joined CINE2000’s planning department in 1997, marking her entry into the film industry with the Whispering Corridors series. In 2006, she established POLLUX PICTURES Co., Ltd., producing films such as Attack on the Pin-up Boys (2007), White Night (2009), Coin Locker Girl (2014), The Merciless (2017), Seven Years of Night (2018), My Punch-Drunk Boxer (2019), and Idol (2018), which have been invited to major film festivals like Cannes and Berlin International Film Festival. As the CEO of Barunson and Barunsonstudio, she was involved in the production of Cobweb (2022), which was invited to the 76th Cannes Film Festival, and produced the OTT series LTNS (2023), and the TV shows Lady Doorian’s Affair (2023) and Susabanjang 1958 (2024). She has recently established POLLUX Studio and is preparing to produce director Jo Sung-hee’s film Europa.
