Park Chan-wook, Korean filmmakers call for acquittal of director Jung Yoon-suk after Seoul court riot

The Korean film community is seeking the acquittal of documentary film director Jung Yoon-Suk. Abusive slang earlier this year.

The far-right demonstrators broke into the Western District Court of Seoul on January 19th and protested the arrest of then-President Yoon Soo-Yeol. Director John also entered the site to document what he considered a moment of democratic crisis.

However, he was charged with abusive men with a “special intrusion” (a “special intrusion” which is an illegal form of entry) to enter the court building on the night of the riot.

The petition for his acquittal has collected 2,781 signatures, including Cannes Prize-winning film directors Park Chang-wook and Kim Sung Soo, who directed Kim Sung Soo. 12.12: That day. It is also supported by 51 organizations, including the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the Korean Director’s Guild, and the Korean Independent Film Association. The petition was filed today (April 16th) in the Western District Court of Seoul.

The indictment warned that “a dangerous precedent can be set by criminalizing artistic documents and undermining freedom of expression.” It also called on the court to distinguish between those who incited violence and those who recorded it.

In a statement, the Korean Independent Film Council, one of the petitioners, said: “Jung entered the site not as a participant, but as a filmmaker driven by ethical obligations and commitment to document reality.

Biff also filed another petition. “As a documentary filmmaker who has a duty to document moments of a national crisis, Jung cannot be considered part of a far-right group of people responsible for unprecedented violence.”

Jung is known for his documentaries. This documented key moments of social trauma in Korea, including Yongsan’s tragedy, sewing ferry disasters, and Itawon’s crowd crash.

His 2013 film Non-fiction diary During his 2017 documentary he won the Pickup Awards in Berlin, Busan and Sidges Bamseom Pirates Seoul InfernoFollowing the Korean punk band, it premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and screened at Yongju, BFI London Film Festival and Goteborg.