The 28th SIWFF Event Schedule
- The schedule is based on the time when it will be uploaded to the official channel of the Seoul International Women's Film Festival.
- This video is available to watch until 26th September(Sun). (Some videos are only available to watch during the festival.)
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 20 (Thu) | 18:00 | Opening Ceremony | Korean Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA 1 | |
| Aug. 21 (Fri) | 14:00 | [Related Event] Local Women's Film Festival Network Conference * For network members only |
Mapo Woman Donghaeng Center, Space Mar 8 | |
| Aug. 21 (Fri) | 14:00 | [Related Event] Special: Korean Federation of Women Science and Technology Associations (KOFWST) - Reading Future Tech Through Women's Perspectives in AI Era | MEGABOX Sinchon 7 | YEUM Moonkyoung (Director of JEMINI) KIM Jeoung-Im (Professor, Soonchunhyang University) KIM Eun-Sun (Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, KISTI OH Jin-ah (Professor, Inje University) |
| Aug. 21 (Fri) | 19:30 | [RE:Discover Talk] CHUNG Bora's Pick Shutter | MEGABOX Sinchon 2 | CHUNG Bora (Writer) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 13:20 | [Roundtable] Shots of Labor I: At the Sewing Machine, Proud as a General | Korean Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA 2 |
Moderator
BYUN Jairan (Chairperson of SIWFF Organizing Committee) Panel BAE In-jung (Director of Soonyoung's Love Story / Representative, Labor News Production) LEE Je-yoon (Producer of Soonyoung's Love Story) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 14:20 | [Conversation & Lecture] Revisiting KIM Ji-mee: A Portrait of Contradiction and Reinvention | Korean Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA 1 |
Moderator
SONG Hyojoung (SIWFF Programmer) Panel KIM Hong-joon (Director) CHO Hye-Jung (Film Critic) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 16:00 | [Conversation & Lecture] Shots of Labor II: Even Accessories Have Names | Korean Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA 2 | KIM Soyoung (Director of Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name) BYUN Jairan (Producer of Accessories, Chairperson of SIWFF Organizing Committee) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 16:10 | [Conversation & Lecture] Barbara Hammer: Radical Visibility | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 | HONG So-in (Visiting Professor, Soonchunhyang University / Producer, WOM Docs) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 17:00 | [Star Talk] Actor MOON Sori X Film Journalist LEE Hwajung | MEGABOX Sinchon 2 | MOON Sori (Actor) LEE Hwajung (Film Journalist) |
| Aug. 22 (Sat) | 19:40 | [Conversation & Lecture] Colors of Desire, Images of Subversion: Redrawing the “Blood Countess” | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 | KWON Eunsun (Film Critic / Professor, Joongbu University) JUNG Jungyeob (Painter, Artist) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 13:20 | [Conversation & Lecture] Masterclass - HAMANO Sachi: When a Woman Makes Films | MEGABOX Sinchon 6 | HAMANO Sachi (Director) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 13:30 | [Roundtable] Mad or Bad: The Name "Villainess" | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 | KWONKIM Hyunyoung (SIWFF Executive Committee) KIM Hyun Gyung (Professor, Seoul Women's University / SIWFF Executive Committee) HWANG Hei-rim (SIWFF Festival Director & Programmer) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 16:30 | [Related Event] Special: Amnesty International Korea - The 3rd International Youth Day Screening, "You Won't Face Your Decision Alone" | MEGABOX Sinchon 7 |
Moderator
YOO Jiyoun (Gender Justice Campaigner, Amnesty International Korea) Panel YOO Jaein (Director) KO Eunyu (Amnesty International Korea Youth) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 17:10 | [Conversation & Lecture] Queen of Blunders: Crafting the 'Villainess' | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 | LEE Kyung-mi (Director) SONG Jong-hee (Makeup Artist) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 19:00 | [Cinema Bridge] Distribution Round - The Chronicles of Blazing Success and Failure | MEGABOX Sinchon 4 |
Round I
Isabelle Hyejin PARK (Atnine Film) LIM Dongyoung (M&M International) Round II KANG Kimyung (Triple Pictures) KIM Nan-sook (Jinjin Pictures) JU Hee (Atnine Film) |
| Aug. 23 (Sun) | 21:00 | [Related Events] SIWFF Night: Women in Films *Invitation only |
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| Aug. 24 (Mon) | 19:00 | [Related Event] Special: Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) - Bechdel Day 2026 | MEGABOX Sinchon 4 |
Moderator
MIN Kyu-dong (Co-President, DGK / Director) Panel CHO Hynjin (Director) YEOM Hye-ran (Actor) |
| Aug. 24 (Mon) | 19:00 | [Roundtable] Everyday Talks, Extraordinary Families | MEGABOX Sinchon 7 | HUANG Hui-chen (Director, Producer), Vivian (Parents, Families and Allies of LGBTAIQ+ People in Korea, Featured in Coming to You) ROH Yuda (Co-Publisher, Oomzicc Press) |
| Aug. 24 (Mon) | 19:30 | [Polemics Forum] What Does Technology Erase? Women, Labor, and War | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 |
Moderator
KIM Hyun Gyung (Professor, Seoul Women's University, SIWFF Executive Committee) Presenters LEE Eunhee (Visual artist, Director) LEE Hunmi (Institute of Social Sciences, Sogang University) LEEM So Yeon (College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Dong-A University) |
| Aug. 24 (Mon) | 19:30 | [Story Connect] Story Connect: Life is a Mystery | MEGABOX Sinchon 6 | BYUN Youngjoo (Director) LEE Young-eun (Managing Director of Nabiclub, Publisher of The Quarterly Mystery) HAN Lee (Writer, Editor-in-Chief of The Quarterly Mystery) |
| Aug. 25 (Tue) | 19:00 | [Roundtable] Women Making Films: Asia and Beyond | MEGABOX Sinchon 4 | LEE Minsook (Director) JO Sona (Producer) TRẦN Thị Bích Ngọc (Producer) HUANG Hui-chen (Director) |
| Aug. 25 (Tue) | 19:30 | [RE:Discover Talk] SEONG Haena's Pick Rachel Getting Married | MEGABOX Sinchon 2 | SEONG Haena (Writer) |
| Aug. 25 (Tue) | 19:30 | [Star Talk] Actor KIM A-joong X Director BYUN Youngjoo | MEGABOX Sinchon 5 | KIM A-joong (Actor) BYUN Youngjoo (Director) |
| Aug. 26 (Wed) | 19:00 | Closing Ceremony | MEGABOX Sinchon 3 |
* Schedule is subject to change.
