울산울주세계산악영화제 - Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival (11)

Festival start: 18 September 2026      Festival end: 22 September 2026

Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival(UMFF) is the first international mountain film festival in South Korea, dedicated to presenting and promoting films & culture dealing with mountains, adventure, exploration, nature, and the environment. The festival also provides an opportunity for filmmakers and mountaineers to meet and exchange ideas through seminars, events, screenings, and social gatherings.

The 11th UMFF will be held in Ulsan & Ulju, South Korea in autumn, 2026.

Cash Prizes: 24,000€

a. The festival selection committee will select films for the competitions by preliminary judging.

b. The festival won’t pay a screening fee for the films in the competitions in principle.

c. The festival jury committee will judge the films in the competitions and award the following prizes.

[International Competition]
•Grand Prize / Trophy, 10,000,000 KRW
•Best Film / Trophy, 5,000,000 KRW
•Best Director / Trophy, 5,000,000 KRW
•Best Cinematography / Trophy, 5,000,000 KRW
•Special Jury Prize / Trophy, 3,000,000 KRW

[Asian Competition]
• NETPAC Award / NATPAC certificate, Prize gift
• Youth Jury Award / UMFF certificate, Prize gift

d. The films in the competitions are not limited to one award.

e. The prize money will be sent to the director personally.

f. As for the award-winning films, the festival has been approved to screen them without a screening fee in screenings hosted by UMFF until 2027.

a. Films of every nationality, genre, and duration, related to the following subjects are eligible for submission: alpinism, climbing, mountaineering, mountain sports & culture, adventure & exploration, nature & environment, ecology, ethnography etc.

b. The official submission period for the 11th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival is
2026. 1. 13. Tue. - 5. 8. Fri. 24:00(KST)

c. Films produced prior to the year 2024 will not be eligible for the competitions.

d. Selection for the competitions and other sections is at the discretion of the festival selection committee’s authority, and its decisions may not be challenged. Selection results will be announced officially at least within 3 months after the submission closing; some films could be selected as non-competition films with the submitter’s agreement.

e. The submitter shall ensure that they hold the intellectual property rights for the submitted film. The submitter must also warrant that no legal, contractual, or any other limitation could prevent the festival organization from screening the film in public.

f. Similarly, the submitter must be able to prove that they possess the appropriate consent from people or organizations that hold copyright on different elements that appear in the film, such as music, images, graphics etc.

g. The submitter is committed to keeping the festival from any possible third-party claim that may be initiated in relation to copyrighted material.

h. By submitting a film to the Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival, the submitter acknowledges and agrees to the full regulations of the festival.