Lee Joo-seung appointed as a judge for the 'Seongbuk Youth Unbeatable Film Festival'... judging 50 short films

Lee Joo-seung was appointed as a judge in the short film competition category of the ’2026 Seongbuk Youth Unbeatable Film Festival,’ and his daily life participating in film judging was revealed. On the June 6th broadcast of MBC variety show ’I Live Alone,’ Lee Joo-seung was shown spending a day working as a short film judge. Lee Joo-seung prepared a laptop and notebook in his kitchen and began watching short films. He shared his thoughts on becoming a judge, saying, ″While working as a short film director, I got the opportunity to judge at a film festival.″ Regarding the judging criteria, he listed ″authenticity, originality, experimentation, and mise-en-scène.″ While watching the films, he was seen taking detailed notes and carefully evaluating them. He revealed that there are 50 films to judge in the finals and explained, ″I watch eight films a day.″ He added that over 1,000 films must be viewed during the preliminary round. Each film runs about 20 to 30 minutes. When Koo Jung-hwan asked, ″Don’t you fast-forward?″ he replied, ″I can’t do that,″ and a scene where Code Kunst made a joke was also aired. The broadcast also showed Lee Joo-seung enduring fear while watching horror films and watching them until the end. He said that watching several short films is more tiring than watching one long film. After completing his film judging schedule, Lee Joo-seung packed homemade yogurt fruit rice cakes and drove away. In the car, he asked the AI, ″Why are there no clouds in autumn?″ and the AI and navigation system’s responses created a noisy situation inside the car. Lee Joo-seung even told the AI to take a rest. Later, Lee Joo-seung climbed a mountain path to meet writer Lee Do, with whom he has maintained a relationship for four years. The two shared the rice cakes Lee Joo-seung made and talked, and writer Lee Do smiled while checking the ingredients in the rice cakes. Lee Do made pizza using a wood-fired oven, and Lee Joo-seung tried making the dough but found it difficult. Lee Do completed the wood-fired pizza by adding toppings himself. Meanwhile, it was revealed that Lee Joo-seung recently won first place in the director survival show ’Directors Arena,’ receiving a prize of 100 million won, which he donated in full to single-parent families.