Global Pitching
Academy
Global Pitching Academy is a six-week training program. It is aiming at young Korean filmmakers interested in developing their documentary ideas and improving their skills as producer. The projects developed during the program will be unveiled during the pitching session of the K-DOCS. The winning teams will receive cash prizes ranging from 5 to 10 million KRW. Additionally, they will be invited to the Netherlands to participate in an advanced training during the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.
Violin Maker, Jun | |
Director | Sangwoo Kim |
Jun, a violin maker with a severe hearing impairment, dreams of creating a violin that produces sounds comparable to a Stradivarius. |
To Be Myself | |
Director | Yeonkyung Lim |
Producer | Minha Ha |
A domestic violence victim who had been living in hiding claims the camera. In hopes of curbing the passing of generational violence, I record the present me, a person who is self-reliant and no longer a victim. |
Witness | |
Director | Myungjin Park |
A hundred years ago, several 11-year-old children depicted the Great Kanto Earthquake, a mass murder of Korean citizens by Japanese police, military, and vigilantes. Through these children's writings and drawings, I would like to look into the truth of the collective madness and hate that had devoured Japanese society during that atrocity. |
Goyo in Auroville | |
Director | Youngro Kim |
Producer | Minji Kim |
Won-ja and her customers journey to find mindfulness and inner peace through their shared experience at the restaurant “Goyo” in Auroville, an experimental India township. |
My Old Artist | |
Director | Ohyeon Kwon |
Producer | Jun Min Kim |
A grandfather's antiques lie faded, collecting dust. Can the granddaughter, living in the 21st century, understand the antique world of art created by her grandfather in the 20th century? |