(Fort Lee, NJ) - Jeonju, home to many of Korea’s finest traditional art forms, will host the 4th annual Jeonju International Film Festival for 10 days between April 25 and May 4, 2004.

This festival will feature 170 films from 30 different countries under the slogan of Freedom, Independence, and Communication. Three main themes–Asian Independent films, Digital films, and Alternative films–make this film festival quite different. A variety of programs and films have been prepared such as the Asian Independent Film Forum, which shows new versions of ten Asian films, Digital Spectrum, Focus on Jean-Claude Rousseau, and D.D.D: Danish Documentaries' Days, which brings the technology and the beauty of digital media into relief.

Jeonju Sonimaju, trying to harmonize the music and the movie, created a remarkable film, mixing music and voiceless movie. Also, a dramatic movie with animation, Youth Cinema Palace, invites you to a fantastic dreamland. The opening film, Yuginui Siseon (If you were me), is an omnibus movie made by six Korean directors about discrimination by societal prejudice and abuse. The closing film Far From Heaven was produced by Todd Haynes; it revives a melodrama in 1950s Technicolor–a pioneering color film technique.

During the festival each theater, ticket box, and Jeonju tour information center offers brochures including schedules, theaters, shuttle bus, and events in both Korean and English. Nearby theater volunteers help people in three different language–Japanese, English, Chinese.

For more information, please contact Joel Perler, KNTO PR/Marketing Manager, at 1-800-868-7567, jperler@kntoamerica.com, or go to www.tour2korea.com.