The 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jeonju IFF) holds official press conference to announce the overview and line-up for this year in both Jeonju and Seoul on Wednesday, March 30. This is to introduce opening and closing films and other changes of 17th Jeonju IFF, which will be conducted by General Secretary, JANG Seong ho. The programmers of Jeonju IFF (KIM Youngjin, JANG Byungwon and LEE Sang-yong), KIM Seung-su (Chairman of Organizing Committee) and LEE Choongjik (Festival Director) will be also speaking at the conference.

The official press conference will take place at 10:30am in Jeonju Digital Independent Cinema, located in Gosa-dong, Jeonju, and at 5:00pm at GLAD Hotel (Bloom AB Hall, Yeoyido) in Seoul.

As the opening and closing films will be announced, the conference will also cover festival overview, new administration aspects, major changes, current status of ‘Jeonju Cinema Project 2016’, changes in ‘Jeonju Project Market’ and other information.

Meanwhile, directors and actors of ‘Jeonju Cinema Project 2016’ will attend the conference. In Jeonju, KIM Soo-hyun, director of Great Patrioteers and CHO Jae-min, director of A Snowy Day will attend the conference. Both directors will also attend the conference in Seoul with the actors from each film: DONGBANG Woo, Ku Kyohwan and SANG Hyon of Great Patrioteers, PARK Jinyoung (Junior) and JI Woo of A Snowy Day.

After the press conference, the 17th Jeonju IFF will gear up for successful feast. Following Opening Ceremony Reservation which starts on April 12 (Tuesday), general screening reservation will begin on April 14 (Thursday). Moreover, schedules of various events, programs and exhibitions along with guests will be announced soon. The 17th Jeonju IFF will get underway from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, May 7 for 10 days.