The 2025 11th Seoul International Webfest (SEOULWEBFEST) will be held at the Arirang Cine Center in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, in September.
The 2025 Seoul International Webfest will feature screenings and a general viewing (GV) on the 2nd, with a red carpet and awards ceremony on the 3rd. This year, 160 works in 21 institutional sectors are nominated for awards, including 20 domestic and 22 international submissions.
In particular, a large number of domestic works have been submitted to the competitive institutional sectors. Works such as "Two Again," "Dung Tub," "Sohaari Kids 1968," "Matching the Temperature," "Heart Cleaner," "Occult Hero," "Levitation," "Invisible Melody," and "Theo" competed among over 1,200 works, with the Best Work Award nominations being given to the domestic piece "Two Again" and Kazakhstan's "Kazymukan" as Grand Prix nominees.
International works include nominations such as Kazakhstan's "Kazymukan," China's "Where Did You Go," China's "GOGOSON!", the United States' "Falling Out," Japan's "The Bonds of Clay," Iran's "Round Table," China's "So Long, My Son," Uzbekistan's "Open Eyes," India's "Denmo - Himalayan Brown Bear," Malaysia's "OPPA," India's "GRAMPA'S ALBUM," the United States' "Holiday Horror w/subtitles," the United States' "I'm Yours," Turkey's "BITTER COFFEE," Denmark's "Pharr, Texas," the United States' "The Greatest Mafia Assassin in the World," India's "Irumbu," Nepal's "Crawling Crows – Aankha," Uzbekistan's "Love Me!", and Vietnam's "Running to Christmas." Over 40 works are nominated.
The Seoul International Webfest is one of the largest web series film festivals in the world and is being held for the 11th time this year. The Seoul International Webfest aims to be a hub for the global export of digital cultural content, which is a key keyword of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It seeks to provide a motive for the formation of new job categories and youth entrepreneurship arising from the multicultural aspects of the resulting video industry.
Having established network partnerships with 28 countries, the Seoul International Webfest streams all video content online. As a festival that has become commonplace in major cities worldwide like Europe and the United States, it reflects the changes of the platform in an era when viewers consume content via the web.
Professor Yoon Young-deok, chair of the 2025 Seoul International Webfest Organizing Committee, noted, "This is the 11th edition, which is growing every year and has limitless potential," adding, "Together with Executive Chairman Shin Jun-young, we will create a web series film festival that represents the world."
He also mentioned, "The proportion and importance of the Seoul International Webfest in the professional webfests of over 60 countries is very large. Participating in the international webfest held in Seoul and receiving an award there will become an award recognized globally," expressing hope that citizens would show great interest in the event that opens new avenues for global content.
[Photo] The 'Seoul International Webfest' Organizing Committee
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