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Yoonhyung Jeon

Domain of Expertise: Cultural policy
Nationality: Republic of Korea
UN Working Languages:
English, Chinese
Résumé
Yoonhyung Jeon is an internal auditor at the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), a South Korean government institution responsible for film policy development, funding, promotion and education, nationally and internationally. She oversees technical assistance, funds assessment and management. She was previously the Head of Distribution, working on KOFIC’s international strategy for Korean cinema and inter-cultural exchanges in the audio-visual sector. Her experience includes policy implementation and distribution support programmes, film festival funding and evaluation, marketing/branding integration, new policies and funding campaigns and research. She has worked with major film festivals, including the Busan International Film Festival, independent filmmakers, producers, curators, distributors, and government institutions. She has worked extensively to facilitate co-production initiatives between the Republic of Korea, France and China, also jointly working with CNC and EU MEDIA between 2010 and 2012. She is a former lecturer in media literacy, has provided policy consultations to the Royal Government of Bhutan and has helped to promote Vietnamese cinema in the Republic of Korea. She holds a BA in Film studies from KyungHee University, Republic of Korea, and an MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from the University of London, UK.