The Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) kicked off this year's celebrations on 
Friday, bringing together a selection of over 120 nature and adventure themed 
international movies and documentaries via online streaming and drive-in 
screenings.

The film festival, based in the mountainous county of Ulju in the southeastern 
city of Ulsan, began its 10-day run by commencing online streaming of 128 films 
from 43 countries on its website at midnight on Thursday.

UMFF also held an in-person drive-in screening of the American short 
documentary "United States of Joe's" at of the Yeongnam Alps Complex Welcoming 
Center as this year's opening event. 

Now in its fifth year, UMFF decided to hold this year's event primarily through 
streaming due to concerns over COVID-19. A total of 14 outdoor drive-in 
screenings will be held throughout the run.

Of the submitted films, 26 works from 18 countries were selected for the 
international competition section, which is divided into three topics -- 
Alpinism & Climbing, Adventure & Exploration and Nature & People.

Noteworthy works include "Full Moon" and "Riafn," which centers on human 
psychology and lyricism, and "The Last Mountain," "Home" and "The Steep Way 
Up," which present tales of ordinary people overcoming hardships.

The festival will close off this year's celebration with a screening of 2019 
French feature-length documentary "Horse Tamer," which depicts the lives of 
Mongolian nomads from a perspective of cultural anthropology.

SOURCE  Ulju Mountain Film Festival Organizing Committee

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   Caption: Cars are parked at the drive-in opening screening of the fifth Ulju 
Mountain Film Festival, a nature and adventure themed international film 
festival, at the Yeongnam Alps Complex Welcoming Center in Ulsan, 415 
kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Oct. 23, 2020.