In 2000, Jeonju International Film Festival launched the Jeonju Digital Project with the conviction to create “teasers for the future films that inspire us” With emphasis on the word “digital” and focusing on the format of a short film, every year Jeonju Digital Project has compiled three short films to create a feature length omnibus film.

Since its inception, Jeonju International Film Festival has concentrated on the potential of digital films and has been working with filmmakers from all around the world to broaden the horizon of film aesthetics using digital technology. As a result, Jeonju Digital Project films have made remarkable achievements in international film festivals including Venice, Locarno, and Toronto. In 2006, Locarno International Film Festival hosted a special exhibition titled Digital Asia and showcased all of Jeonju Digital Project films that had been made to date. Memories (a short film triptych by Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, and Eugene Green) from Jeonju Digital Project 2007 was nominated for the Golden Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival. Among the short films created as part of Jeonju Digital Project 2008, Mahamat Saleh Haroun’s Expectations won the Special Jury Prize in the Muhr Asia/Africa Short category at Dubai International Film Festival. In this way, the products of the Jeonju Digital Project once again confirmed the project’s impact on the film world. And in 2011, the project came to solidify its position as a project that attracts attention from filmmakers around the world with the participation of three colossuses of European cinema— Jean Marie Starub, Claire Denis, and Jose Luis Guerin.

In 2014, Jeonju Digital Project made the decision to support the production of feature-length films rather than short films. Since the digital film format has become ubiquitous, the project was also renamed to Jeonju Cinema Project. In line with its long-term vision, Jeonju Cinema Project aimed to continue its pursuit of innovation and focus on the characteristics and identity of Jeonju. This change to Jeonju Cinema Project marked a turning point for Jeonju International Film Festival to propose a new vision for film projects within the function and aesthetics of the film festival and the dynamics of the film industry.