The 16th EIDF
"Documentary – Lighting the World"

Date

Aug. 17(Sat) - Aug. 25(Sun), 2019

Entries

1,123 films (80 Countries)

Premieres

73 Official Selection (34 Countries)

Award Winners

Gradn Prix - <Honeyland> Dir. Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska
Documentary Goyang Award - <Selfie> Dir. Agostino Ferrente
Special Jury Award - <Leftover Women> Dir. Shosh Shlam, Hilla Medalia
Audience Award - <Women of the Gulag> Dir. Marianna Yarovskaya
World Vision Special Award - <My Little Dancing Shoes> Dir. Bryan Kristoffer J. Brazil
[Mobile Shorts Competition]
First Prize - <My Mom and Clothes> Dir. Koo Sungwon
Second Prize - <Adopt a Mixed Breed Dog> Dir. Park Marisol, <Don’t Release the Fish> Dir. Ji Woongbae
[Global Pitching Academy]
<Talent Show>, <Maid's Room>, <A Love Story: Nation and Me>, <Lady Trash>, <I Play to Win!>
[KOCCA-EIDF Documentary Fund]
Grand Prize - <My Genie>
Excellence Prize - <Queer My Friends> <Colour of the Wind>
Participation Prize - <Fanatic> <Wind of Change>

The 15th EIDF
"Documentary - Right to Fight"

Date

Aug. 20st (Mon) - Aug. 26th (Sun) 2018

Entries

1,025 films (81 Countries)

Premieres

73 Official Selection (33 Countries)

Award Winners

Gradn Prix - <The Distant Barking of Dogs> Dir. Simon Lereng WILMONT
Documentary Goyang Award - <Stronger Than a Bullet> Dir. Maryam EBRAHIMI
Special Jury Award - <Immortals in the Village> Dir. YU Guangyi
Audience Award - <Women of the Gulag> Dir. Marianna Yarovskaya
World Vision Special Award - <Kids on the Silk Road> Dir. Jens J.V. PEDERSEN
[Mobile Shorts Competition]
First Prize - <Fireworks> Dir. JEONG Han
Second Prize - <One Day> Dir. YU Hyun-joung, JEONG Sae-byeol, KIM Set-byel, <Not Forever> Dir. LEE Chae-young
[Global Pitching Academy]
<Queer My Friends>, <I Wanna Give Bride>, <Endless, Nameless>, <My Missing Aunt>, <Penis Propaganda>, <RED BLOOD>

The 14th EIDF
"Plugging into the World"

Date

Aug. 21st (Mon) - Aug. 27th (Sun) 2017

Entries

1,168 films (78 Countries)

Premieres

70 Official Selection (24 Countries)

Award Winners

Gradn Prix <Family in the Bubble> Dir. Ma Minji
Spirit Award <The Grown Ups> Dir. Maite Alberdi
Special Jury Award <A Young Girl in Her Nineties> Dir. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Dir. Yann Coridian
Audience Award (Goyang Award) <A Young Girl in Her Nineties> Dir. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Dir. Yann Coridian
[Mobile Shorts Competition] Second Prize <Juvenile, 304, Contact Log> Dir. YOO JaeRyong <Unusual Couple in London> Dir. Mr.Park, <Film Moments> Dir. PAIK Jongkwan
[EIDF Documentary Fund] (Full-length film) <Where Is My Friend? > Dir. Kim Byoung Soo <Speed of happiness> Dir. PARK Hyuckjee, <The Disco Star> Dir. LEE Juho (Short film) <Welcome to X-world > Dir. HAN Tae Ee, <Shaping Trout> Dir. HEO Seong <Sisters graduated from film school and I > Dir. HER Yoon Soo

The 13th EIDF
"Plugging into the World"

Date

Aug. 22nd ~ 28th, 2016

Entries

1,058 films (79 countries)

Premieres

53 Official Selection (30 countries) - TV Broadcast 44 films / Theatrical 47films

Award Winners

Grand Prix <Natural Disorder> (Directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen)
Spirit Award <GULÎSTAN, Land of Roses> (Directed by Zaynê Akyol)
Special Jury Award <Holy Cow>(Directed by Imam Hasanov)
Audience Award <GULÎSTAN, Land of Roses> (Directed by Zaynê Akyol)
(Feature) <Tears of Elephant Boy> Directed by PARK, Hwan-Sung, <Way to Mustang> Directed by Hyungmin Jung,
<The Road of Shaman> Directed by Choi Sang Jin, <How do they get here?> Directed by ShckhAlmamun
(Short) <Dangsan> Directed by Geonhee Kim, <On Such A Full Sea> Directed by Taeho Lee

the 12th EIDF
"Connetcing With the World"

Date

Aug. 24th ~ 30th, 2015

Entries

805 films (81 countries)

Premieres

52 films (TV Broadcast 46 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix <Tea Time> (Directed by Maite Alberdi)
Spirit Award <Dance with Montaigne> (Directed by Lee Eun-ji)
Special Jury Award <Placebo>(Directed by Abhay Kumar)
Audience Award <Almost There> (Directed by Dan Rybicky / Aaron Wickenden)

the 11th EIDF
"Hope Lies Within US"

Date

Aug. 25th ~ 31st, 2014

Entries

781 films (82 countries)

Premieres

52 films (TV Broadcast 38 films)

Award Winners

Festival Choice Grand Prix
<Return to Homs> (Directed by Talal Derki)
Spirit Award <Tomorrow We Disappear> (Directed by Jimmy Goldblum, Adam Weber)
Special Jury Award <Ariel>(Directed by Laura Bari)
UNICEF Award <Wind on the Moon> (Directed by Yi Seung-Jun)
Audience Award <112 Weddings> (Directed by Doug Block)

the 10th EIDF
"Truth Let It Be Heard"

Date

Oct. 18th (Fri) ~ Oct. 25th (Fri) , 2013

Entries

756 films (91 countries)

Premieres

54 films (TV Broadcast 38 films)

Award Winners

Festival Choice Grand Prix
<Which Way Is the Frontline from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington> (Directed by Sebastian Junger)
Spirit Award <The Gatekeepers> (Directed by Dror Moreh)
Special Jury Award <Buzkashi!>(Directed by Najeeb Mirza)
UNICEF Award <Fallen City> (Directed by Qi Zhao)
Audience Award <Where Is My Son?> (Directed by Ahn Chaimin)
EIDF Documentary Fund
(Feature) <The Small Restaurant of Kim Alex: Tashkent in Ansan> Directed by Kim Jeong
(Short) <Hialeah> Directed by Oh Min-wook / <Inside of Schools> Directed By Won Hae Soo

the 9th EIDF
"Play the World"

Date

Aug. 17th (Fri) ~ Aug. 24th (Fri) , 2012

Entries

710 films (82 countries)

Premieres

54 films (TV Broadcast 43 films)

Award Winners

Festival Choice Grand Prix <Private Universe> (Directed by Helena Trestikova)
Edu Choice Grand Prix <In My Mother’s Arms> (Directed by Mohamed Jabarah Al Daradji)
Spirit Award <High Tech, Low Life> (Directed by Stephen Maing)
Special Jury Award <Going up the Stairs>(Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)
UNICEF Award <Inocente> (Directed by Andrea Nix Fine Sean Fine)
Audience Award <The Reluctant Revolutionary> (Directed by Sean McAllister)
EIDF Documentary Fund
(Feature) <바람처럼, 예지와 나> Yi Seung-Jun / <Where Is My Son?> Chaimin Ahn
(Short) <부채와 알사탕> HUR Yongji / <Welcome to Playhouse> KIM SooVin
<Drawing Today> Gl Jella

the 8th EIDF
"Be the voice"

Date

Aug. 19th ~ Aug. 25th, 2011

Entries

664 films (83 countries)

Premieres

51 films (TV Broadcast 43 films)

Award Winners

Festival Choice Grand Prix <Marathon Boy> Gemma Atwal
Issues in Education Grand Prix<World Class Kids> Netta Loevy
Spirit Award <The Green Wave> Ali Samadi Ahadi
Special Jury Award <The Castle> Massimo D’anolfi, Martina Parenti
Audience Award <Marathon Boy> Gemma Atwal
UNICEF Award <How Are You Doing Rudolf Ming?> Roberts Rubins
EIDF Documentary Fund
(Feature) <My Father's E-mails> HONG Jae-hee
(Short) <RAZ on Air> Yi Okseop /<The Struggle for Sprouting> CHOI Moon Sun

the 7th EIDF
"Flying Over"

Date

Aug. 23th ~ 29th, 2010

Entries

536 films (65 countries)

Premieres

49 films (TV Broadcast 49 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix <Last Train Home> Lixin Fan
Spirit Award <Disco and Atomic War> Jaak Kilmi
Special Jury Award <Space Tourists> Christian Frei
Audience Award <Planet of Snail> Yi Seung-Jun
UNICEF Award <Planet of Snail> Yi Seung-Jun
EIDF Documentary Fund
<Bittersweet Joke> PAIK Yeon Ah

the 6th EIDF
"Earth! Where we live!"

Date

Sep. 21th ~ 27th, 2009

Entries

349 films (57 countries)

Premieres

50 films (TV Broadcast 50 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix <Unmistaken Child> Nati Baratz
Spirit Award <Apology of an Economic Hit Man> Stelios Koul
Special Jury Award <Gaza-Sderot, Pre-War Chronicles> Serge Gordey Etc
Audience Award <Unmistaken Child> Nati Baratz
Honorable Mention <About Face: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw> Mary Rosanne Katzke
<RiP: A Remix Manifesto> Brett Gaylor
EIDF Documentary Fund <Planet of Snail> Yi Seung-Jun

the 5th EIDF
"Colors360"

Date

Sep. 22th ~ 28th, 2008

Entries

310 films (56 countries)

Premieres

43 films (TV Broadcast 43 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix <If We Knew> Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Spirit Award < The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins> Pietra Brettkelly
Special Jury Award < Suddenly, Last Winter> Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi
Audience Award < Hear and Now> Irene Taylor Brodsky
Honorable Mention < The Red Race> Chao Gan/< The Demons of Eden> Alejandra Islas

the 4th EIDF
"People to people, communication for coexistence"

Date

Aug. 27th ~ Sep. 2th, 2007

Entries

292 films (74 countries)

Premieres

58 films (TV Broadcast 54 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix < Puujee> Kazuya Yamada
Spirit Award < The Cats of Mirikitani> Linda Hattendorf
Special Jury Award <Shame> Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Audience Award <To Live – Save Our Saemankum> Lee Kang-Gil
Honorable Mention < Made in Korea: A One Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam?> In-Soo Radstake

the 3rd EIDF
"Prospering Asia, Reconciliation & Coexistence"

Date

Jul. 10th ~ 16th, 2006

Entries

157 films (37 countries)

Premieres

83 films (TV Broadcast 83 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix < Out of Bounds> Alexandre Leborgne, Pierre Barougier
Spirit Award < Innocence> Nisa Kongsri & Areeya Chumsai
Special Jury Award < Smiling in a War Zone> Simone Aaberg Kærns, Magnus Bejmar
Audience Award < Our Own Private Bin Laden> Samira Goetschel

the 2nd EIDF
"Peace and life in Asia"

Date

Aug. 29th ~ Sep. 4th, 2005

Entries

115 films (27 countries)

Premieres

98 films (TV Broadcast 94 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix < Bunso ? The Youngest> Ditsi Carolino, Nana Buxani
Spirit Award < Little Birds> Takeharu Watai
Audience Award < School among Glaciers> Dorji Wangchuk

the 1st EIDF
"Challenging ASIA"

Date

Aug. 30th ~ Sep. 5th, 2004

Entries

129 films (OO countries)

Premieres

129 films (TV Broadcast 99 films)

Award Winners

Grand Prix <Last House Standing> Chao Gan
Excellence Award <Journeys> Vinayan Kodoth
Audience Award <Mr. Cortisone, Happy Days> Shlomi Shir, Duki Dror