Repatriation (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Repatriation

| image =

| native_name = 송환 Songhwan

| director = Kim Dong-won

| producer = Kim Dong-won

| writer = Kim Dong-won
Ryu Mi-rye

| starring = Jo Chang-son
Kim Suk-hyung

| music = Kim Dong-bum
Lee Ji-eun

| cinematography = Byun Young-joo
Kim Tae-il
Jung Chang-young
Jang Young-gil
Mun Jeong-hyeon

| editing =

| studio =

| released = {{film date|2004|3|19}}

| runtime = 148 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

}}

Repatriation ({{korean/auto|^송환|送還|rr=yes}}) is a 2004 South Korean documentary film that documents the lives of unconverted long-term prisoners imprisoned in the South for more than 30 years. They were finally set free in the 1990s when inter-Korean relations improved, and repatriated to the North.{{cite web|title=Repatriation screened with English subtitles|url=https://www.hancinema.net/-repatriation-screened-with-english-subtitles-891.html|website=The Korea Herald via Hancinema|date=April 7, 2004|access-date=2016-01-27|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203053634/http://www.hancinema.net/-repatriation-screened-with-english-subtitles-891.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Repatriation Trailer - Third World Newsreel (TWN)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpWz7Os8OJo|website=YouTube|access-date=2016-01-28|date=3 February 2011|archive-date=2014-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115220650/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpWz7Os8OJo|url-status=live}}

It was presented with the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the first time a Korean film has ever been presented with an award at the prestigious U.S. festival.{{cite web|title=Kim Dong-won documentary awarded at Sundance|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=8&blbdComCd=601006|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2016-01-29|date=27 January 2004|archive-date=2017-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402115151/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=8&blbdComCd=601006|url-status=live}} It also won Best Documentary Award at the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in 2005.{{cite web|title=Repatriation Wins at Fribourg Fest|url=http://www.hancinema.net/repatriation-wins-at-fribourg-fest-2390.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2016-01-27|date=14 March 2005|archive-date=2016-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202201616/http://www.hancinema.net/repatriation-wins-at-fribourg-fest-2390.html|url-status=live}} A followup, The 2nd Repatriation (2차 송환) was released in 2022.