The London Korean Film Festival 2022 ran from 3 – 197November. The festival featured a Special Focus celebrating the career of iconic actor Kang Soo-yeon.
The London Korean Film Festival 2021 ran from 4 – 19 November. The festival featured a Special Focus celebrating the career of iconic actor and 2021 Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung.
The London Korean Film Festival 2020 ran from 29 October – 12 November. The festival featured a special focus on the renewed significance of friends and family during the pandemic, with an exciting mix of UK and International premieres, guests and events across a diverse set of strands; Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, Documentary, Artists Video, Animation and Shorts.
The London Korean Film Festival 2019 ran from 1- 14 November in London before taking highlights around the country with the annual UK Tour. The festival featured a celebration of 100 years of Korean cinema entitled A Century of Korean Cinema, along with an exciting mix of UK and International premieres, guests and events across a diverse set of strands; Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, Documen...
The London Korean Film Festival 2018 ran from 1- 14 November in London before taking highlights around the country with the annual UK Tour. The festival featured an in-depth Special Focus entitled A Slice of Everyday Life, along with an exciting mix of UK and International premieres, guests and events across a diverse set of strands; Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, Indie Firepower, Contempora...
The London Korean Film Festival 2017 ran from 26 October – 19 November and included multiple UK and International Premieres, a special focus on Korean Noir and everything from Indie Firepower and Cinema Now to Women’s Voices, Classics Revisited: Bae Chang-ho Retrospective, Documentaries, Artist Video, Animations, Mise-en-scène Shorts and with a roster of very special guests in attendance.
The London Korean Film Festival 2016 ran from 3-27 November and included multiple UK and International Premieres, a special focus on Women Filmmakers and everything from Indie Firepower and Hits From 2015-16 an Actor Focus: Baek Yoon-sik, Indie Firepower, Classics Revisited: Lee Chang-ho Retrospective, Documentaries, Artist Video, Animations, Mise-en-scène Shorts and with a roster of very speci...
The London Korean Film Festival returned to London to celebrate its tenth year in 2015. Running from 2-14 November, the festival presented a wide range of outstanding films from Korea – from archive classics to new cinema, from box office hits to small hidden treasures, the best of both fiction and documentary, with films by both familiar names and rising stars. The London Korean Film Fes...
The 2014 festival opened with the European premiere of Kundo: Age of the Rampant (dir. Youn Jong-bin) and closed with the UK premiere of Revivre (dir. Im Kwon-taek) at Odeon West End, featuring red carpet arrivals of Actor Kang Dong-won, Director Yoon Jong-bin and Producer Han Jae-duk for Kundo: Age of the Rampant, and Actor Ahn Sungki, Actor/Director Jung Woo-sung for Revivre. The festival was...