10 Standout Films at the Jeonju International Film Festival, Including ‘The Summer We Let Go,’ to Screen at Four CGV Theaters

10 Korean and international independent and art films with distinctive perspectives come to four Seoul screens

Acclaimed films that drew attention from critics and audiences alike at the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival are coming to Seoul. CJ CGV will host a special program, Jeonju 2026: Epilogue at CGV, from Nov. 13 to 22, extending the festival’s afterglow over 10 days.

The program was organized in response to audience requests for additional screenings after the festival closed. A total of 10 films—three carefully selected Korean titles and seven international films—will screen. The schedule is concentrated at art-house theaters in four Seoul cinemas: CGV Apgujeong, CGV Dongdaemun, CGV Gangbyeon and CGV Sinchon Artreon.

Among the Korean films, The Summer We Let Go, directed by Lee Sunyeon, is a particular highlight after winning the Korean Competition Grand Prize. The acclaimed film portrays, with a cool yet restrained gaze, a family struggling to make ends meet day by day in an aging van amid record-breaking heat.

The rest of the Korean lineup is equally strong. What It Means to Spend the Same Season Together, directed by Ko Seunghyun, delicately captures the shifting dynamics of a couple whose relationship is slowly fracturing; it won the Korean Competition Actor Award and the CGV Award. Also screening is The Runtime Is 77 Minutes, directed by Jeong Harin, which features the inventive premise of a spirit appearing before a filmmaker who has struggled to get behind the camera for years: the protagonist of the director’s first short film.

The international lineup also features festival award winners and hidden gems from master filmmakers. The Night Slowly Fades, directed by Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini, won the International Competition Grand Prize, while Chronovisor, directed by Jack Owen and Kevin Walker, won the Artistic Achievement Award for its striking mise-en-scène.

The selection also includes master filmmaker Mamoru Oshii’s landmark first live-action feature, The Red Spectacles; documentary master Ross McElwee’s Remake; The Poet by Colombian newcomer Simon Mesa Soto; Don’t Look Now, a visually startling film by Nicolas Roeg; and The Lake by Fabrice Aragno, a longtime collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard. These acclaimed works span a broad cinematic spectrum and await audiences.