The Jeonju International Film Festival has been held annually since 2000 in Jeonju, South Korea, focusing on digital, independent and art films. History 2000
- April 28-May 4: 184 films from 21 countries
- * Opening Film: Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Hong Sang-soo, Korea
- *Closing Film: M/OTHER, Nobuhiro Suwa, Japan
- *Woosuk Award (Asian Indie-Cine Forum): M/OTHER, Nobuhiro Suwa, Japan
- *Daring Digital Award (N-Vision): Riot, John Akomfrah, UK
- *Jeonju People's Award (Cinemascape): Audition, Takashi Miike, Japan
- *Jeonju Korean Shorts Award: Scissors, Lee Ki-cheol, Korea
2001
- April 27-May 3: 202 films from 28 countries
- *Opening Film: Waikiki Brothers, Im Sun-rye, Korea
- *Closing Film: This Is My Moon, Asoka Handagama, Sri Lanka
- *Woosuk Award (Asian Indie-Cine Forum):
- **Mysterious Object at Noon, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
- **This Is My Moon, Asoka Handagama, Sri Lanka
- *Daring Digital Award (N-Vision):
- **About Pleasure and Hysteria-the Sexual Life of the Belgians, part IV, Jan Bucquoy, Belgium
- **Once & Future Queen, Todd Verow, USA
- **Special Mention: The Cutting, Peter Missotten and Bram Smeyers, Belgium
- *Jeonju People's Award (Cinemascape): Beijing Bicycle, Wang Xizoshuai, China, Taiwan
- *Jeonju Korean Shorts Award: Noonday, Jang Myung-sook, Korea
2002
- April 26-May 2: 266 films from 32 countries
- *Opening Film: KT, Junji Sakamoto, Korea)
- *Closing Film: Brother, Yan Yan Mak, Hong Kong
- *Woosuk Award: Brother, Yan Yan Mak, Hong Kong
- *Daring Digital Award: Angel Exit, Vladmir Michalek, Czech Republic
- *JIFF Favorites Award: Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
2003
- April 25-May 4: 170 films from 30 countries
- *Opening Film: If You Were Me, Park Kwang-su, Park Jin-pyo, Park Chan-wuk, Yeo Kyun-dong, Yim Soon-rye, Korea
- *Closing Film: Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes, USA
- *Woosuk Award: Emtehan (Exam), Nasser Refaie, Iran
- *Daring Digital Award: ½ the rent (½ Miete), Marc Ottiker, Germany
- *JIFF Favorites Award: Spider, David Cronenberg, Canada
2004
- April 23-May 2: 286 films from 30 countries
- *Opening Film: Possible Changes, Min Byoung-kook, Korea
- *Closing Film: November, Achero Manas, Spain
- *Woosuk Award (Asian Indie-Cine Forum):
- **Silence between Two Thoughts, Babak Payami, Iran
- **Special Mention: Min, Ho Yuhang, Malaysia
- *Daring Digital Award:
- **Suite Havana, Fernanado Perez, Cuba
- **Special Mention: Sexual Dependency, Rodrigo Bellott, Bulgaria
- *JIFF Favorites Award: Coffee and Cigarettes, Jim Jarmusch, USA
2005
- April 28-May 6: 170 films from 30 countries
- *Opening Film: Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2005, Shinya Tsukamoto, Song Il-gon, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- *Closing Film: Antarctic Journal, Yim Phil-sung, Korea
- *Woosuk Award (Indie Vision):
- **Harvest Time, Marina Razbezhkina, Russia
- **Special Mention: I, Caludia, Chris Abraham, Canada
- *JJ-Star Award (Digital Spectrum):
- **Czech Dream, Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda, Czech Republic
- **Oxhide, Liu Jia Yin, China
- *JIFF Favorites Award (Cinemascape/Cinema Palace): The Butterfly, Philippe Muyl, France
- *Audience Critics' Award:
- **The Gate of Truth, Kim Hee-chul, Korea
- **Special Mention: Five is Too Many, Ahn Seul-ki, Korea
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