London Korean Film Festival to be held in November! Focus on Women's Film Specials
Sep 20, 2024
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The festival, hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in the UK (Director Sun Seung-hye, hereinafter referred to as the Cultural Center), will feature Korean films of various genres, including the latest films, women, and short films, at BFI Southbank, Cine Lumiere Theater, and ICA Theater in London, England.
Sun Seung-hye, director of the Korean Cultural Center in the U.K., said, `A new future of Korean films will be held in London,' `It is a meaningful opportunity to see Korean films syntactically from the 1960s to the present in the U.K. and think together about what Korean aesthetics was fiercely expressed in the films.' "Looking back on the story of the movie that emerged as the new future of art in the 20th century with Korean history is looking into the mirror that shines on me," he said. "With Social Focus, the women's film special can share the diverse perspectives of Korean women through a total of 11 films." explained the meaning.
In particular, this year's London Korean Film Festival will be the largest Korean film screening event ever held in the UK. The British Film Institute (BFI), the largest film organization in the UK, and the Korean Cultural Center in the UK, and the Korean Film Archive will hold a 'Echoes in Time: Korean Films of the Golden Age and New Cinema' at the BFI Southbank Theater in London, England from Oct. 28 to Dec. 31. In the golden age of the 1960s, 13 films, including director Yoo Hyun-mok's neo-realist masterpiece 'Ovaltan', 17 films, including Jung Jae-eun's youth film 'Please Take Care of Cats', and a total of 42 films, including the latest and female directors, will be screened more than 70 times at the New Korean Cinema (1996-2003), a new wave of Korean films.
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This year's festival selected 'Women's Film' as the Social Focus and selected a film that shows the activities of Korean female directors for 15 years. With the selection of curator Lee Eun-ji of the Korean Cultural Center in the U.K., director Kim Da-min's 'Makgeolli Will Tell You' and director Kim Hye-young's"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!', Director Lee Mi-rang's 'About the Daughter'; Park Jae-min's documentary 'The Sand Wind'; Joo Ji-young's 'I Like It Now, As It Is'; Director Chung Ju-ri's 'Doheeya'; Director Lee Kyung-mi's 'No Secrets'; Director Lee Myung-jin's 'Bullet'; Director Seo Jung-mi's 'Brothers'; Director Lim Ji-sun's 'Hansel: Two School Shirts'; Kwon Oh-yeon, Nam-reum; Tanzawa Chipumi; Director N.
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It will also hold the first forum in collaboration with the British Film Association (BFI) to focus on Korean female directors. Director Kim Hye-young and director Kim Da-min, who are active in movies and dramas, will attend the panel to share their experiences as female directors in the Korean film industry with Professor Choi Jin-hee of King's College of Film.
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In the latest film category, `Cinema Now' directed by Kim Se-hwi, seven of the most talked-about films in Korea and abroad over the past year were selected by local film critic Anton Bitel, including the mystery psychological thriller `She's Dead`Mother's Kingdom` by Lee Sang-hak, Yoon Eun-kyung`s `Let's Serender,' Kim Tae-yang`s `Wimmy,' Yeon Je-kwang's `301 Motel Murder`, Irida's `Bansu Apartment` and Nam Dong-hyeop's `Handsome Guys.
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In the "Special Screening" category, director Choi Dong-hoon will present "Alien+Inside Part 2". It is the sequel to the 2022 London Korean Film Festival opening film 'Alien + People Part 1', which will return to the British audience for the first time in two years.
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Along with the screening of the movie, various side events have also been prepared. After the screening of 'Ovaltan', the exhibition will be introduced with a dialogue involving programmers Choi Young-jin and Goran Topalovic, while seven films including 'Female Judge' and the London Korean Film Festival will be introduced by programmers before the screening of the entire film. Director Jang Jun-hwan will attend and meet with British audiences after the screening of the screening of the movie `Protect the Earth' in the 1990s~2000s.
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Twelve digital reconstructions and five digital remasters will be presented to British audiences to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Korea Film Archive, including director Lee Man-hee's 『The Marine Who Is Not Coming』, which is digitally restored to 4K quality and released for the first time in the UK. It is significant that it includes the 4K restoration edition and the 'Connection'4K remaster edition, as well as the first international premiers released abroad. In addition, about 10 films will be serviced through the BFI Player, a streaming platform of the British Film Association, and a library run by the British Film Association will also prepare curations related to Korean films.
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