Self-governing bodies respectively are making their efforts to activate regional economy through a cultural image industry known as a high value-added industry. International Film Festival functions as an urban cultural event. A film festival function...
Self-governing bodies respectively are making their efforts to activate regional economy through a cultural image industry known as a high value-added industry. International Film Festival functions as an urban cultural event. A film festival functions as a subject of the film festival when civilians and local cities are linked each other by participating in the festival as volunteers or spectators. Jeonju International Film Festival prepares for the 10th international film festival, after completing the 9th festival, which began in 2000 to develop national cultural level and film industry, secure cultural entity, and develop Jeonju-si into a cultural commodity.
This study aims at developing Jeonju international Film Festival into a regional festival as well as at finding away to inform Jeonju of the world markets.
This study performed precedent works of analyzing systematically various materials and theses published by related organizations and academic associations, periodical journals published by self-governing bodies, and professional books published in our countries. Basing on theoretical consideration, this study made 「questionnaires on the 9th Jeonju International Film Festival」 and performed an interview investigation on the system of and satisfaction with 'Jeonju International Film Festival', targeting on participants(except tourists, regional inhabitants) in the film festival from May 1th to May 9th, 2008 when the 9th Jeonju International Festival was held.
This study leaded to the way to activate Jeonju Internal Film Festival summarized as bellow. This study drew out three factors; film festival system factor, Jeonju tourism infrastructure factor, and film view factor, targeting on the viewers of the 9th Jeonju International Film Festival. First, as for the film festival system satisfaction, seven factors were drawn out; 'precedent publication', 'information facility', 'guide', 'work level', 'subsidiary event', 'participant event, and 'ticketing system'. The 'precedent public relation' factor satisfaction was the highest and 'information facility' factor satisfaction was the lowest. Second, as for the Jeonju tourism infrastructure satisfaction, three factors were drawn out; 'food price', 'food kind', and 'lodging facility'. The 'food price' factor satisfaction was the highest and 'lodging facility' satisfaction was the lowest. Third, as for the film view infrastructure satisfaction, three factors were drawn out; 'approach', 'show schedule', and 'view charge'. There were the most affirmative responses and negative responses on 'approach' factor satisfaction.
General analysis of the study says three problems in Jeonju Internal Film Festival. First, the absence of business model brings about excessive dependence on the self-governing body because of insufficient film festival assets. Second, the participant ratio of the other provincial tourists is low. The ratio of Jeonju-si and Wanju-gun inhabitants(Jeonju living area) participating in the 9th Jeonju Internal Festival was 36.1%, more than 1/3 of all participants. Though Jeonju Film Festival carries the banner for internal film festival, the distribution of viewers doesn't transcend regional limitation. Third, the identity of independent counterproposal art with which Jeonju International Film Festival starts leads to confusion, even though the festival expresses its slogan, 'liberty', 'dependence', and 'community'. Fourth, tourism system is insufficient. Important hotels are Libera Hotel, Core Hotel, and Tourism Hotel. Furthermore, there are only 10 lodging facilities located at Film Street where theaters are located. The lodging charges of the lodging facilities were expensive for the season of Film Festival
Various efforts have to be made to solve the problems. First, the financial independence of Jeonju International Festival is low and Jeonju International Festival should secure the business model to get financial resources. Like Manheim International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival has to induce cooperative companies through various methods and secure business models through the interchange and circulation of contents in order to create added values in the film industry structure.
Second, Jeonju International Film Festival has to strengthen the function of public relation in order to induce many tourists from other regions as well as from the Jeonbuk province and make others give attention to the public relations of speech through various events and content development. Third, identity has to be specialized and tourist industry data has to be built. Jeonju International Film Festival has to secure the identity through sure regulations to make itself independent, countermoving films and to develop and secure public traits through public programs and event opening.