‘Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul’, a.k.a EXiS, was founded in 2004 by Moving Image Forum in order to screen experimental films and artists’ moving images that explore the unknown forms and territories of cinema. They value artists’ films made with an original vision that take challenges and aesthetic adventures. The Festival is one of the few places in Asia that still screen works of many important artists who work with celluloid film.

This year, EXiS is celebrating their 20^th anniversary of the festival. Every year they screen about 120-140 films including international competitions and curated sections. In 2023, they have accumulated the screening of 1,480 works in total from over 40 nations, submitted for the competition programs.

As an important experimental film platform for Korea and Asia, EXIS is the first festival to introduce one of the most important filmmakers to Korea such as Hollis Frampton (2005), Jonas Mekas (2009), Michael Snow (2010), Marcel Broodthaers (2013) etc.

Since its inception, EXIS has been actively organizing screening programs outside the festival framework to bring the work of Korean artists and films to international stage. Notable ones include EMBEDDEDNESS: ARTIST FILMS AND VIDEOS FROM KOREA 1960s TO NOW (Tate Modern, 2015), Latency/Contemplation. Artist Films and Videos from South Korea since the 1960s (the Biennial of the Moving Image BIM, 2016), Korean Experimental Animations (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2019) etc.