Research on the Impact of Film Festivals on the Revitalization of Local Gemeinschaft: Focusing on the Jeonju Family Film Festival

This study analyzes how the Jeonju Family Film Festival contributes to the revitalization of local Gemeinschaft. South Korea currently faces a crisis of regional extinction due to population decline, with changing family concepts and weakened family welfare functions cited as contributing factors. In this context, local Gemeinschaft are playing a role in supplementing the gaps in family welfare functions. The Jeonju Family Film Festival contributes to Gemeinschaft revitalization by collaborating with four major Gemeinschaft groups. First, family Gemeinschaft are activated through watching films produced by their children and communicating through FV programs and family lectures. Second, family support Gemeinschaft, such as the Jeonju Healthy Family Support Center and the Jeonju Multicultural Family Support Center, participate through MOUs, family lectures, and multicultural performances. Third, educational Gemeinschaft provide growth opportunities for students through the North Jeolla Special Self-Governing Province Education Superintendent's Award, local university presidents' awards, and media centers' film submissions. Fourth, cultural Gemeinschaft expand the base of cultural arts through screenings of Wanju Cultural Foundation's “Art Farmer” series and sponsorship activities by “Dreams Drawn Together.” By serving as a link between these diverse Gemeinschaft, the Jeonju Family Film Festival contributes to the development of individual Gemeinschaft and the integrated development of local society through network building. This case demonstrates the role of the film festival as an important platform for revitalizing local Gemeinschaft beyond simply being a cultural event.