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Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS)


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The Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, a.k.a EXiS, was founded in 2004 by Moving Image Forum in order to screen experimental films and contemporary moving images that explore the unknown forms and territories of cinema. We value artists’ films made with an original vision that take challenges and aesthetic adventures. We are one of the few places in Asia that still screen works of many important artists who work with celluloid film.

City

Seoul

Program

EX-Now

Competition section subdivided into an international competition and a Korean competition.

EX-Choice

Curatorial section to present contemporary moving image and to address the framework of experimental films in various ways, based on a different theme each year. This year: Korean experimental films from 2004 to 2022.

Indi-Visual

A section that invites each year two contemporary artists to present their essential body of works in person. This year: Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Ute Aurand.

EX-Retro

A section that introduces the works of important directors in the history of experimental cinema. This year: Stan Brakhage and Takahiko Iimura.

Asia Forum

A section designed to study the history of alternative visual culture and experimental films in Asia. In 2023, the exchange program was screened between non-syntax Experimental Image in Tokyo and EXiS, and the theme was time difference.

EX-Index

A section that revisits the programs of past editions and bring them into the current edition in order to highlight important figures of experimental film scenes. This year: Michael Snow’s works.

AVP Show

A section for audiovisual performances.

Awards

EX-Now Competition

- Best EXiS Award: given to the best film in the international subsection.

- Korean EXiS Award: given to the best film in the Korean subsection.

- JungWoon Award: given to a filmmaker introduced for the first time at EXiS.