Gangwon Film Commission holds first workshop to coordinate filming across 18 municipalities

The Gangwon Film Commission hosted its inaugural workshop at the Kkumteul Community Center in Hoengseong on the 28th to establish a regional cooperation system. Following the economic impact of the film "The King's Warden" in Yeongwol, officials aim to expand filming environments across Gangwon State by bundling adjacent cities and counties together.

The Gangwon Film Commission, an affiliate of the Gangwon Foundation for Arts and Culture, held the "2026 Workshop for Officials of 18 Cities and Counties to Establish a Filming Attraction Cooperation System" on the 28th at the Kkumteul Community Center in Hoengseong. This event was organized for the first time to reorganize filming support systems for each city and county and to share methods for regional cooperation.

Interest in filming locations has increased following the recent success of the film "The King's Warden," set in Yeongwol, Gangwon State, leading to renewed discussions regarding the impact of video content on local tourism and the economy. The significant increase in visitors to major tourist attractions in Yeongwol following the film's release is seen as an example of the effects that can be achieved when video content is coupled with local resources. However, to prevent this trend from being a one-time occurrence, a collaborative structure at a metropolitan level appears more important than the responses of individual regions.

The workshop included introductions to the Gangwon Film Commission and its filming attraction support projects, a special lecture by an expert, a Q&A session, and information exchange. The Commission explained its major projects, such as discovering and recommending filming locations, consulting on filming-related permits, providing administrative support, and establishing regional cooperation systems, emphasizing the need for organic cooperation with city and county officials.

The special lecture was delivered by Kim Tae-young, CEO of Location Market Co., Ltd., a first-generation Korean filming location scout and space expert. Under the theme "Passing the Time of Discovery to Meet the Time of Excavation," Kim examined cases of regional revitalization through filming locations of domestic video content, including the film "The King's Warden," and suggested ways to utilize various spaces, such as idle facilities, industrial facilities, and living spaces, as filming resources. He also mentioned the need for an approach that bundles adjacent cities and counties together, moving away from the existing method of recommending locations centered on existing tourist attractions.

With this workshop as a momentum, the Gangwon Film Commission plans to further solidify its practical cooperation system with the 18 cities and counties. The plan is to expand the filming environment across the entirety of Gangwon State by reorganizing the cooperation system with officials from each city and county and revitalizing the sharing of new location information and consultations for filming permits.

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