EBS International Documentary Festival also known as EIDF, is an annual film festival hosted by the Educational Broadcasting System of South Korea since 2004. It is "Asia’s prestigious documentary festival", with focus on highlighting documentary films on Asia or made in Asia. It is open to countries from around the world. In addition to screenings and broadcasts, EIDF events also include master classes and workshops.
15th edition of festival was held from August 20 to August 26, 2018. 72 films from 33 countries were screened during the event in theaters as well as through TV via EBS local news channels and live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
History Year Date (Opening) Date (Closing) Opening Film Number of Screening Award-Winning Film 2004 August 30 September 5 Deconstruction of Korean Housewife 129 films 99 televised Last Home Standing 2005 August 29 September 4 Another Myanmar, Mae Sot 98 films 94 televised Bunso – The Youngest 2006 July 10 July 16 The Journey of Vaan Nguyen 83 films 83 televised Out of Bounds 2007 August 27 September 2 Heimatklänge 58 films 54 televised Puujee 2008 September 22 September 28 Encounters at the End of the World 43 films 43 televised If We Knew 2009 September 21 September 27 Google Baby 50 films 50 televised Unmistaken Child 2010 August 23 August 29 Planet of Snail 49 films 49 televised Last Train Home 2011 August 19 August 25 How Are You Doing, Rudolf Ming? 51 films 43 televised Marathon Boy 2012 August 17 August 24 Bully 48 films 34 televised Private Universe 2013 October 18 October 25 Blackout 54 films 23 televised Which Way Is the Frontline from Here? 2014 August 25 August 31 Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory 50 films 23 televised Return to Homs 2015 August 24 August 30 Good Things Await 52 films 32 televised La Once 2016 August 22 August 28 Brothers 53 films 30 televised Natural Disorder 2017 August 21 August 27 Unarmed Verses 70 films 24 televised Family in the Bubble 2018 August 20 August 26 Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist 72 films most televised The Distant Barking of Dogs2019August 17August 25 Midnight Traveler 73 films most televisedHoneyland2020August 17August 23 Maddy the Model 69 films most televisedCinema Pameer2021August 23August 29 First We Eat 64 films through EBS 1TV and D-BOXThe Jump2022August 22August 28 Dark Red Forest 63 films through emu CINEMA and EBS 1TVTBA
Awards Festival Choice Grand Prix (US$10,000) : Awarded to the most complete and elaborate documentary among the twelve nominees in the EIDF main competition Edu Choice Grand Prix (US$10,000) : Awarded to the best documentary among the nominees in the EIDF 2012 main competition which provides refreshing insights for education as well Spirit Award (US$7,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that best reveals the director's artistic spirit and genuine message according to the theme of each year's EIDF Special Jury Award (US$5,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that shows outstanding approach in experimentation and form UNICEF Special Award (US$5,000) : Among the existing entries, awarded to the films which contain children related contents or have hopeful messages for children Audience Award (US$3,000) : Awarded to the documentary among the twelve nominees for the EIDF main competition that receives the most votes over the online and offline voting system
Special Events Master's Class : The Master's Class offers special events for general audiences who have genuine interest in documentaries and documentary makers. The audience will be able to have a glimpse into the present state of documentary through filmmakers' and/or producers' own voices. Master's Class of EIDF 2009 : Kaori Sakagami (Out of Frame: Search for Alternatives through Documentary Filmmaking), Thom Andersen (Get out of the Media) & Yves Jeanneau (Sunny or Cloudy?: International Co-Production) Director's Class : In the Director's Class, directors of Festival Choice will share their passion, experience and knowledge with festival participants, who will be able to obtain practical know-hows such as documentary production and filmmaking. Director's Class of EIDF 2009 : Mary Katzke & Nati Baratz (Character Driven Documentary Storytelling), Karen Michael (Documentary of the Multiplatform Era), Andrei Dascalescu (Emerging Film Director), Sally Gutierrez Dewar (Micro-narratives, Gender and How We Document) & Stelios Koul (Finctional Documentary) Special Class : EIDF provides the special event of award-winning documentary makers with Korean participants from internationally known documentary film festivals such as HOTDOC and IDFA. Special Class of EIDF 2009 : Simon El Habre, Award-winner of Best Documentary at HOTDOCs 2009 (For International Competence in Documentary-making: The Interaction of Structure and Editing)
EIDF Documentary Fund (EDF) EIDF has launched EIDF Documentary Fund (EDF) assisting projects to develop and supply documentary contents for better quality. EDF has attracted many documentary directors and reinforced the works of documentaries in development. EDF announced that the Best Choice of EIDF 2009 is The Hazy Journey of the Illuminating Tree directed by Yi Seung Jun, and the winner will gain the financial support of KRW 30,000,000. Moreover, the winner's final production will be shown on the 7th EIDF in 2010.
Award-Winning Films in the Past EditionSummaryAward-Winning FilmJuries1(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Last House Standing Excellence Award : Journeys Special Jury Award : Experimental Taiwanese Moon Academy Audience Award : Mr. Cortisone, Happy Days Trinh T. Minh-ha Sandra Ruch Wang XiaoLong Dan Wolman Do Jung Il2(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Bunso: The Youngest Spirit Award : Little Birds Special Jury Award : The Concrete Revolution Audience Award : School Among Glaciers Leonard Retel Helmrich Ally Derks Trinh T. Minh-ha Kim So Young Cho Chong Heup3(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Out of Bound Spirit Award : Innocence Special Jury Award : Smiling in a War Zone Audience Award : Our Own Private Bin Laden Dimitri Eipides Sato Makoto Claire Aguilar Yoav Shamir Lee Seung-Moo4(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Puujee Spirit Award : The Cats of Mirikitani Special Jury Award : Shame Audience Award : To Live - Save Our Saemankum Honorable Mention by the Jury : Made in Korea: A One Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam? Geoffrey Gilmore Antoinette Spielmann-von Joest Lee Ann Kim Chang-Jae Lee Hideo Murata5(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : If We Knew Spirit Award : The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Special Jury Award : Suddenly, Last Winter Audience Award : Hear and Now Honorable Mention by the Jury : The Red Race / The Demons of Eden Christine Choy Choong Jik Lee Antoine Coppola Ikeya Kaoru Jung Ok Lee6(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Unmistaken Child Spirit Award : Apology of an Economic Hit Man Special Jury Award : Gaza-Sderot, Pre-War Chronicles Audience Award : Unmistaken Child Honorable Mention by the Jury : About Face: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw / Rip: A Remix Manifesto EIDF Documentary Fund Winning Film: Bittersweet Joke Thom Andersen Yves Jeanneau Kiyong Park Kaori Sakagami Gunny Hyoung7(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Last Train Home Spirit Award : Disco and Atomic War Special Jury Award : Space Tourist unicef Award : Planet of Snail Audience Award : Planet of Snail EIDF Documentary Fund Winning Film: Planet of Snail Pepe Danquart Monique Simard Atef Dalgamouni Park Bong Nam Lee Jeong Ook8(Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Marathon Boy Issues in Education Grand Prix : World Class Kids Spirit Award : The Green Wave Special Jury Award : The Castle Audience Award : Marathon Boy unicef Award : How Are You Doing, Rudolf Ming? EIDF Documentary Fund Award : The Struggle for SproutingFestival Choice Mark Lewis Bill Nichols Leonardo Retel Helmrich Zhang Xien Min Yu Gina Issues in Education Morten Moller Warmedal Fukkiko Kisaichi Lee Jung Ok9 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Private Universe Edu Choice Grand Prix : In My Mother's Arms Spirit Award : High Tech Special Jury Award : Going up the Stairs unicef Award : Inocente Audience Award : The Reluctant RevolutionaryFestival Choice Ross McElwee Nino Kirtadze Iikka Vehkalahti Jacob Wong Yi Seung-Jun
Edu Choice Andy Glynee Kim Yu Yeol Nishikawa Miwako10 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington Spirit Award : The Gatekeepers Special Jury Award : Buzkashi! unicef Award : Beyond the Wave Audience Award : Where is my Son? Leonard RETEL HELMRICH Tom PERLMUTTER Daniel CROSS Karolina LIDIN Wakako NAGANO Evgenii OLENEV Gunny HTOUNG11 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Return to Homs Spirit Award : Tomorrow We Disappear Special Jury Award : Ariel unicef Award : Wind on the Moon Audience Award : 112 Weddings Victor KOSSAKOVSKY David ROYLE Ramona DIAZ Sinai ABT CHU Deok-Dam12 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Tea Time Spirit Award : Dance with Montaigne Special Jury Award : Placebo Audience Award : Almost There Ally DERKS GAN Chao Jane ROSCOE Philip CHEAH JEONG Jae Eung13 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Natural Disorder Spirit Award : GULISTAN, Land of Roses Special Jury Award : Holy Cow Audience Award : GULISTAN, Land of Roses TRINH T. Minh-ha Chris FUJIWARA OH Jung-hun WAKAI Makiko LEE Jung Ok14 (Description to be added soon) Grand Prix : Spirit Award : Special Jury Award : unicef Award : Audience Award :Festival Choice1516 Grand Prix : Honeyland Documentary Goyang Award : Selfie Special Jury Award : Leftover Women unicef Award : Audience Award : Women of the Gulag World Vision Special Award: My Little Dancing Shoes17From August 17 to August 23, 2020 69 films from 30 countriesGlobal part Daesang : Cinema Pamir by Martin von Krog Judge's Special Award : 499 by Rodrigo Reyes Audience Award : Land of Winter Children by Xenia Elian Asian part Daesang : Welcom to X-World by Han Tae-eui Judge's Special Award : The Blowing Song None of Your Business by Cam Ranh Heydari Audience Award : Daughter of the Light by Kashem Gial Festival Choice (Competition): Global Jury Jane Ray Yi Seung-Jun Jee Hye-won Choi Pyung-soon Festival Choice (competition): Asian Jury Kim Il-ran Kim Hun-seok Grace Lee Mark Sigmund18From August 23 to August 29, 2021 64 films from 29 countriesFestival Choice (Competition) Global Grand Prix: The Jump by Giedrė Žickytė Special Jury Award: The Birth of Resonance by Lee Jeong-jun Audience Award: The Birth of Resonance by Lee Jeong-jun Festival Choice (Competition) Asia Grand Prix (Documentary Goyang Award): Me and the Cult Leader by Sakahara Atsushi Special Jury Award: Floating Village Asylum by Preecha Srisuwan Audience Award: Locking Horns by Sim Younghwa Special Jury Mentioned: The War of Raya Sinitsina Efim GraboyFestival Choice (Competition): Global Jury Ha Sinae Kim Young-woo Kim Yun Young Patricia R. Zimmermann Festival Choice (competition): Asian Jury Aboozar Amini Lee Hong Ki Sung Moon Yi MeeSol19From August 22 to August 28, 2022 63 films from 24 countriesFestival Choice (Competition): Global Jury Rudy Buttignol Kim Young me Bin Jung Hyun Yoo Jisu Klaire Festival Choice (competition): Asian Jury Chae Rada Lee Hark-Joon Kim Dongryung Pailin Lorraine Wedel
See also List of festivals in South Korea List of festivals in Asia
References
External links EBS International Documentary Festival EBS website (Korean)