LKFF 2021
After a mostly digital edition in 2020, the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is pleased to be returning to cinema screens across the UK’s capital for its 16th year, running from 4 – 19 November 2021. With the biggest programme dedicated to Korean cinema outside of the country itself, we present a rich and diverse line-up showcasing the year’s biggest box-office hits, independe...
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Featured Event
Woman of Fire
화녀
Fri 05 Nov, 6:30pm
ICA
Presented here is a special restored version of Youn Yuh-jung’s film debut, seen on the big screen for the first time in 50 years. Directed by master-auteur Kim Ki-young, Woman of Fire has lost none of its original power to captivate audiences. Myungja (Youn Yuh-jung) has come to the big city looking for work and, just maybe, a husband. When a well-dressed lady seems to offer the poss...
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Featured Event
Shades of the Heart + Q&A with director Kim Jong-kwan
Sun 14 Nov, 2:15pm
Everyman Screen on the Green
Separated from his wife in England, author Chang-seok (Yeon Woo-jin) is back in Seoul, working on his next novel, and trying to work (and walk) through his complicated feelings about what he has left behind. He also has encounters (some by arrangement, others by chance) with four people whose names become the formal headings for the film’s first four chapters. As Chang-seok conv...
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Featured Event
Spring Song + Recorded Q&A with director Yu Jun-sang
Wed 10 Nov, 6:00pm
Everyman Screen on the Green
Following Things That I Learn From You (2016) and It’s Not Over Yet (2018), this is the third in a loose trilogy of films that trace the meandering journey and sometimes fraying friendship of musical duet J and Joy 20. Middle-aged singer Yu Jun-sang (writer/director Yu Jun-sang) and much younger guitarist Lee Jun-hwa head to Japan on a whim (everything here is whimsical) to shoo...
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Featured Event
Closing Gala: Heaven: To the Land of Happiness + Q&A with director Im Sang-soo
Fri 19 Nov, 7:00pm
Picturehouse Central
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness is a festive and pastoral road movie in which two men – “Inmate 203” (Choi Min-sik), who escaped from jail, and “Nam-sik” (Park Hae-il), who coincidentally joins 203’s trip – get their hands on a large amount of money by chance and embark on a journey together, dreaming of a luxurious ending to their lives. The harmony created from Im Sang-soo...
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LKFF 2021
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London Korean Film Festival 2021: Full Programme Announcement
Author: admin
Posted: 5 October 2021
Category: General
After a mostly digital edition in 2020 the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is pleased to be returning to cinema screens across the UK’s capital for its 16th year, running from 4 – 19 November 2021. With the biggest programme dedicated to Korean cinema outside of the country itself, the festival is proud to present a rich and diverse line-up showcasing the year’s biggest box-o...
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