Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung Ryul) alumnus Gong Sun Jeong, a professor of video design, won the grand prize in the Korean Short Film Competition at the 25th Jeonju International Film Festival, held from May 1 (Wednesday) to 10 (Friday).

The Jeonju International Film Festival is one of the three leading international film festivals in South Korea, along with the Busan International Film Festival and Bucheon International Film Festival, and the Korean Short Film Competition is widely regarded as a gateway to future directors who will lead Korean cinema, screening only world premiere works that have not been introduced through other film festivals or media. 

The Korean Short Film Competition at Jeonju International Film Festival received 1,332 short films, the highest number ever. Alumna Gong Sun Jeong submitted her film Farewell (2023, Fiction, 26 minutes), which was selected from a total of 25 entries, and won the grand prize, which is awarded to the best film through a screening held during the festival. This is especially significant because the main staff of the film is composed of alumni of Kookmin University's Department of Visual Design.

“We are very cautious about talking about sensitive values such as death and wounds, but we want to continue our work of reproducing things that are not necessarily mentioned in reality in movies,” said alumnus Gong Sun Jeong.