DMZ International Documentary Film FestivalPreviously known as DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival. (), also known as DMZ Docs, is a South Korean film festival for documentary films jointly presented by Gyeonggi Province, Paju and Goyang. Launched in 2009, it is held annually for seven days in September/October less than twenty kilometers from the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and showcases films dealing with "peace, coexistence and reconciliation".
History 1st DMZ Docs, October 21-26, 2009 Films screened: 61 films from 33 countries Opening film: The Heart of Jenin, Lior Geller and Marcus Vetter, Germany Closing film:
2nd DMZ Docs, September 9-13, 2010 Films screened: 74 films from 35 countries Opening film: Peace, Kazuhiro Soda, Japan Closing film:
3rd DMZ Docs, September 22-28, 2011 Films screened: 101 films from 30 countries Opening film: After the Apocalypse, Antony Butts, Britain Closing film: The Tiniest Place, Tatiana Huezo, Mexico
4th DMZ Docs, September 21-27, 2012 Films screened: 115 films from 36 countries Opening film: Ping Pong, Hugh Hartford, Canada Closing film:
5th DMZ Docs, October 17-23, 2013 Films screened: 119 films from 38 countries Opening film: Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits, Park Chan-kyong, South Korea Closing film:
6th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2014 Films screened: 163 films from 33 countries Opening film: Crying Boxers, E Il-ha, South Korea Closing film:
7th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2015 Films screened: 102 films from 43 countries Opening film: I Am Sun Mu, Adam Sjöberg, United States Closing film:
8th DMZ Docs, September 22-29, 2016 Films screened: 116 films from 36 countries Opening film: One Warm Spring Day, Chung Su-eun, South Korea Closing film:
9th DMZ Docs, September 21-27, 2017 Films screened: 114 films from 42 countries Opening film: Old Marine Boy, Jin Mo-young, South Korea Closing film: 10th DMZ Docs, September 13-20, 2018 Films screened: 142 films from 39 countries Opening film: Coming to You, Minu, Jee Hye-won, South Korea Closing film:
11th DMZ Docs, September 20-27, 2019 Films screened: 151 films from 46 countries Opening film: Across the Desert, Through the Lake Let's Peace!, Park So-hyun, South Korea Closing film:
12th DMZ Docs, September 17-24, 2020 Films screened: 122 films from 33 countries Opening film: A Long Way to School, Kim Jeong-in, South Korea Closing film:
13th DMZ Docs, September 9-16, 2021 Films screened: 126 documentaries from 39 countries Opening film: Soup and Ideology, Yang Yong-hi, South Korea Closing film:
14th DMZ Docs, September 22-29, 2022 Films screened: 137 documentaries from 53 countries Opening film: Keep Stepping, Luke Cornish Grand Prize: Disturbed Earth
15th DMZ Docs, September 14-21, 2023 Films screened: 148 documentaries from 54 countries Opening film: The Eternal Memory, Chile Grand Prize: Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere by Sylvain George
16th DMZ Docs, September 26- October 2, 2024 Films screened: 140 documentaries from 43 countries Opening film: Farming the Revolution, by Nishtha Jain, India, France, Norway Closing film: Filmlovers! by Arnaud Desplechin Grand Prize: In Limbo by Alina Maksimenko
Awards International Competition: White Goose Award (cash prize of ); Special Jury Award () Korean Competition: Best Korean Documentary Award (); Special Jury Award () Audience Award ()Chosen from both International and Korean Competition sections. Youth Competition: Best Youth Documentary Award (); Excellence Award ()
White Goose Award YearTitleDirectorCountry 2009 Defamation Yoav Shamir 2010 2011 The Tiniest Place Tatiana Huezo Mexico 2012 With or Without Me Tran Phuong Thao, Swann Dubus Vietnam 2013 2014 2015Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Abbas Fahdel Iraq 2016Those Who Jump Abou Bakar Sidibe, Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner Denmark 2017Communion service Anna Jametska Poland 2019143 Sahara Street Hassen Ferhani Algeria, France, Qatar 2020King Asu Alyx Ain Arumpak Philippines, France 2021Soup and Ideology Yang Yong-hi Korean-Japanese 2022Disturbed Earth Kumjana Novakova and Guillermo Carreras-Candi Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, North Macedonia 2023Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere Sylvain George France, Switzerland 2024In Limbo Alina Maksimenko Poland
Special Jury Award YearTitleDirectorCountry 2009 Sweet Crude Sandy Cioffi USA 2010 2011 Bombay Beach Alma Har'el USA 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 When Two Worlds Collide Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel Peru, United States, United Kingdom 2017 Wash Show Andrea Dalsgard, Obaida Zaytun Denmark, Finland, Syrian Arab Republic 2020 I Am a Journalist Mori Tatsuya Japan 2021 President Camille Nielsson Denmark 2022 We, Students! Rafiki Fariala Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia
Best Korean Documentary YearTitleDirector 2009 2010 2011 My Father's House Kang Yu Ga-ram 2012 Summer Days in Bloom Go U-jung, Roh Eun-ji 2013 2014 2015 2016 The Remnants Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang 2017 Forgetting and Memory 2: Looking Back 4.16 Solidarity Media Committee 2020 People Who Don't Carry Guns 2: Challenge the Taboo Hwan-Tae Kim 2021 Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action Yoon Ga-hyun 2022 Time of Seeds Seol Suan
Audience Award YearTitleDirectorCountry 2009 2010 2011 Goodbye Homerun Lee Jung-ho South Korea 2012 Turn It Up to Eleven 2: Wild Days Baek Seung-hwa South Korea 2013 2014 My Love, Don't Cross That River Jin Mo-young South Korea 2015 2016 The Remnants Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang South Korea 2017 Rice Flower Oh Jeong-hoon South Korea 2021 A fairy tale in its prime Won Ho-yeon South Korea 2022 I am More Lee Ilha South Korea
Best Youth Documentary YearTitleDirectorCountry 2009 2010 2011 Uncomfortable Eyes, Uncomfortable Truth You Seok-hyun, Park Ka-young South Korea 2012 Less Than 1%Special Mention: Not for Nothing, Lee Ju-ri. Ha Seo-young South Korea 2013 2014 2015 2016 Between 9 and 0 Kim Su-min South Korea 2017 Step by Step Heo Na-kyung South Korea
Excellence Award in Youth Competition YearTitleDirectorCountry 2009 2010 2011 High School Student's Guide to Be a Filmmaker Kim Seul-gi South Korea 2012 I Want to Be a Nineteen Yu Min-ah, Jung Min-su, Kim Su-min, Kim Seul-gi South Korea 2013 2014 2015 2016 We Can Call It Love Min Geo South Korea 2017 Friends Minseo Kim, Namjoo Kim, Seongjae Lee South Korea
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