Hi, everyone. Do you like movies? If you are a movie lover, you won't miss the opportunity to watch a variety of movies from different countries around the world at one place. The International Film Festival must be that kind of opportunity. Today, we're going to talk about the Internatoinal Film Festival. Now, let's listen to the news. If you like movies, you must have heard about the Pusan International Film Festival and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. By any chance, however, have you ever heard of 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival'? It is said that the film festival is for youth. Let's find out what it is. Jinsoo Kim is reporting. 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' is an international film festival that has already celebrated its 19th anniversary this year since its opening in 1999. It handpicks and introduces a wide range of films for children, teenagers, and families all around the world. Since 2009, it has been accepting a wider range of works by eliminating age restrictions on the general competition. The film festival is largely composed of competitive section and non-competitive section. The competitive section is divided into children's competition, youth competition, and general competition. In children's competition, short films made by domestic and foreign children over 9 years old are competed, in youth competition, short films made by domestic and foreign teenagers aged 13 to 18 are competed, and in general competition, short films about children, teenagers, and families made by adult directors over 19 yeard old are competed. Non-competitive section will present domestically and internationally outstanding short films and full-length films in a format of invitational work. I got to know about this film festival when I was in middle school. And it's attractive that I can personally see the movies made by the friends of my age. It is good because I get to know my peers' worries and understand the idea or concern of friends from other countries. When I was in middle school, I only watched the movies. I started to participate in it by making short films with my friends when I became a highschool student. I have so much to improve but the fact that we made our story into a movie and we finished the movie together will remain in my memory forever. Why don't you participate in 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' with your children this year? It will be a good opportunity for you to talk about each other's worries as you talk about the movie after watching it with your children. This was Jinsoo Kim reporting. Shall we find out what it's about? What's the news about? What is the topic of the news? The anchor is suggesting that we shall find out what the film festival for the youth, i.e., 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' is. This gives us an idea that 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' is the topic of the news. What kind of film festival is 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival'? We can also predict the character of the film festival by its name. The name, 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival', suggests that it is held in Seoul, it is for the youth, and it is international film festival which presents both domestic and foreign movies. However, we can find out more about this film festival through the contents that the reporter is introducing. The reporter explains that 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' opened, i.e., began in 1999 and is a film festival for children, teenagers, and families from different countries. 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' is a film festival that introduces a variety of works for children, teenagers, and families. What conditions are required to participate in the competitive section? How do you participate in the competitive section? The competitive section is divided into children's competition, youth competition, and general competition. In children's competition, short films made by domestic and foreign children over 9 years old are competed, in youth competition, short films made by domestic and foreign teenagers aged 13 to 18 are competed, and in general competition, short films about children, teenagers, and families made by adult directors over 19 yeard old are competed. What is the attraction of 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival'? Why would people like to see and participate in the 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival'? If you listen to the student who was interviewed, you can see why. The girl said that it's good because she could get to know her peers' worries and especially she could understand the idea or concern of friends from other countries. The boy thinks that the big attraction of the film festival is that he and his friends can make their story into a movie and participate in the film festival personally. In summary, the first attraction of 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' is that you can understand the concerns of your peers regardless of nationality and the second one is that you can make your own movies and participate in it personally. Lastly, shall we summarize what we learned today? Who are the targets for the 'Seoul International Youth Film Festival' that started in 1999? Yes, that's right. It is for the children, teenagers, and families. How is the film festival organized? Yes, you can easily tell by looking at the contents that follows. It is composed of competitive section and non-competitive section. What will come in the next three blanks? You can easily find a clue in 'the competitive section is divided into children's competition, youth competition and general competition'. In children's competition, short films made by domestic and foreign children over 9 years old are competed, in youth competition, short films made by domestic and foreign teenagers aged 13 to 18 are competed, and in general competition, short films about children, teenagers, and families made by adult directors over 19 yeard old are competed. Yes, as per the above, you can fill in 'children's competition', 'youth competition', and 'general competition' in sequence. Now! Lastly, there is a black in 'non-competitive section will _______ domestically and internationally outstanding short films and full-length films in a format of invitational work? Which word can be filled in the blank? It would be nice to put the word that has a meaning of showing the invitational work of short and full-length films, i.e., the invited work to the audience. Yes, that's right. You can fill the blank with the word, 'present'. In this lesson, we listened to the news about an international film festival. Korea is famous for the Pusan International Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. And worldwide, Venice International Film Festival and Canne Film Festivals are famous. Let's find out what kind of film festivals are famous in your country. This is the end of today's lesson. See you later.
