DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival (also known as "DMZ Docs") is a film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 festival held in Paju

Paju

Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county .The city is located just south of Panmunjeom on the 38th parallel. To defend the Korean capital, Seoul, many US and Korean army bases are set up in the city. In 2002, the northernmost...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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The festival began in 2009 when the White Goose Award for best documentary was awarded to Defamation

Defamation (film)

Defamation is a 2009 documentary film by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Shamir. The film examines antisemitism, and in particular the way perceptions of antisemitism affect Israeli and U.S. politics...

, directed by Yoav Shamir

Yoav Shamir

' is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs...

. Since then films screened both in and out of competition have included Czech Peace by the Czech directors Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda

Filip Remunda

Filip Remunda is a Czech film director, cinematographer and producer.-Biography:Filip Remunda graduated at FAMU–documentary directing department in the masterclass of Karel Vachek...

; After the Apocalypse by British director Antony Butts; and Marx Reloaded

Marx Reloaded

Marx Reloaded is a 2011 German documentary film written and directed by the British writer and theorist Jason Barker. Featuring interviews with several well-known philosophers, the film aims to examine the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas in relation to the global economic and financial crisis of...

by Jason Barker

Jason Barker

Jason Barker is a British theorist of contemporary French philosophy.Most notable for his translation and introductions to the philosophy of Alain Badiou, Barker draws on an eclectic range of influences, from Neoplatonism to Lacanian psychoanalysis....

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The festival, which is held in Paju less than twenty kilometers from the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Korean Demilitarized Zone

The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and...

, showcases films dealing with "peace, coexistence and reconciliation".