Author Nikki J. Y. Lee

Nikki J. Y. Lee

Nikki J.Y. Lee received a PhD in Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has taught at Yonsei University and Korea National University of Arts. She has published several articles on Korean films and directors, including “Localized Globalization and a Monster National: The Host (2006) and the South Korean Film Industry” in Cinema Journal. She is co-editor of a forthcoming title, The Korean Cinema Book (British Film Institute/Palgrave MacMillan).

Korean Independent Films (and Youth) in Jeonju: The 12^th Jeonju International Film Festival

Nikki J. Y. Lee

October 2011

Festival Reports

The key aim of the Jeonju International Film Festival (hereafter JIFF) is to showcase independent films from around the world and from South Korea. In its twelfth year, JIFF is not only a young international fe...