The 14th Seoul International Senior Film Festival, which was scheduled to be held in October 2021, will be postponed to the first half of next year due to the fourth wave of COVID-19 in South Korea.

The COVID-19 cases in South Korea, especially in Seoul, have dramatically surged recently. After Chuseok, the Korean holiday celebrating the fall harvest when many families travelled to gather together, the country’s cases have been rapidly rising. The extension of the government's strict social distancing regulations for another two weeks has started last Monday, amid the nation's worst wave of infections.

To make a safer environment for the elderly audiences and the filmmakers, who wish to watch the films and enjoy the festival offline in theatres, we had to make a difficult decision to postpone the 14th SISFF to the first half of next year. We could not simply decide to screen the films online since they deserve to be screened on the big screens.

Even though the festival has been postponed to next year, we’ll definitely screen the all officially selected films at the 14th SISFF. The officially selected films for the 14th SISFF Short Competition Section and the Official Invitation Section have been announced in the SISFF news.

We deeply apologise for the festival's delay due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in South Korea. And thank you so much for your patience and cooperation. We appreciate it a lot and we look forward to meeting you in person soon in a safer environment!