Kim Jong-woo
KIM Jong-woo is a producer at MBC who has created a wide range of nonfiction television programs and documentaries. His Meeting You (2020) series, which centres on the concept of reuniting with deceased family members in virtual space, won the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Documentary Award. A spin-off of the series which uses VR to immerse viewers in the thermal power plant where a lone worker died, received a Special Mention at the Prix Italia. Kim has also produced documentaries on climate change, including Rebellion of the Climate (2014). He is particularly interested in documentary work that explores near-future transformations at the intersection of technology and humanity, and in developing new, experimental forms of nonfiction storytelling.
Filmography
(selection) Rebellion of the Climate (2014, doc), Meeting You (2020, TV), The Seoul Guardians (2026, doc)
Kim Jong-woo at IFFR
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The Seoul Guardians
Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan, Cho Chul-young | 70' | South Korea | World premiere
When South Korean democracy was at stake in December 2024, people stood up to uphold it. -
Secretly Greatly
Jang Cheol-Soo | 123' | South Korea | European premiere
A strange mix of genres as only the Koreans can. North Korean spies infiltrate the South pretending to be a village idiot, musician and student.…