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Kim Hyun-ji
Kim Hyun-ji (김현지) is a South Korean documentary director whose recent public profile is tied to civic, social, and observational nonfiction. KMDb lists her directing work across titles including A Man Who Heals the City and earlier collaborative shorts, while Jeonju 2026 closed with her documentary The Longest Night: Namtaeryeong, also rendered as Namtaeryeong in some coverage. That closing-night selection positioned her inside one of Korean cinema's most closely watched festival conversations. It also linked her work directly to the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival lineup that framed the year for independent film audiences.
1 articles3 creditsSouth Korean
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Filmography
2026
The Longest Night: NamtaeryeongFilm
2023
A Man Who Heals the CityFilm
DirectorKim Hyun-ji
2017
Shining Youth's MomentFilm
Co-directorKim Hyun-ji
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Who is Kim Hyun-ji?
Kim Hyun-ji is a South Korean documentary director whose recent work is linked to nonfiction stories rooted in public life and civic tension. Her filmography in KMDb includes A Man Who Heals the City, and her 2026 festival profile rose sharply through Jeonju's closing-night selection.
What film did Kim Hyun-ji bring to Jeonju 2026?
Kim Hyun-ji brought The Longest Night: Namtaeryeong to Jeonju 2026 as the festival's closing film. Some reports shorten the English rendering to Namtaeryeong, but both versions refer to the same documentary selected for the 27th edition.
What is Kim Hyun-ji known for?
Kim Hyun-ji is currently best known in English-language coverage for The Longest Night: Namtaeryeong and for the earlier documentary A Man Who Heals the City. Those titles point to a nonfiction practice focused on Korean social realities rather than commercial genre filmmaking.
