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Jung-Wook Kim

Jury President

Jung-Wook Kim serves as the President of the Jury of the Korea Artificial Intelligence Cinema Festival (KACF). He is a filmmaker and educator who has long bridged film production with humanities-based film education, and is the CEO of True Rise Pictures Co., Ltd., where he continues to balance creative work with teaching.
He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Acting at Baekseok Arts University and is the lead mentor of the film humanities program All the Films in the World (세상의 모든 영화), sharing humanistic perspectives on cinema with students and the general public.
Kim has also been recognized for socially engaged visual works, including the DMZ Forum Opening Film (2020) and the Basic Income Expo Film (2020). His feature film Cute Man (귀여운 남자) (2021) received multiple international honors, including Best Foreign Language Film at the Canada International Comedy Film Festival and the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, as well as Best Production at the New York Hellcat Film Festival. His 2022 release Sait-Sonic (사이소닉) won Best Actress at the New York Hellcat Film Festival and was selected for post-production support by the Gyeonggi Diversity Film Festival and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN). He also participated as mentor and producer on the short film Dungdaepyo (둥대표), which won Best Screenplay at the Seoul International Senior Film Festival, and handled adaptation and editing for the KBS Open Channel broadcast Ah! That Day, Sister (아, 그날 누이야).
In media and education, Kim has worked as a film commentator for programs such as Chuncheon KBS “Coffee & Classic: Film Talk”, and has taught film production and film literacy across schools, media centers, universities, libraries, and online platforms. Through these activities, he continues to engage diverse audiences in reflective dialogue on cinema.
As a filmmaker, educator, and humanities lecturer, Jung-Wook Kim shares a perspective of “seeing the world through film.” As President of the Jury of KACF, he brings deep artistic insight and educational rigor to evaluating the artistic and social significance of AI-driven cinema.