LONDON KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL 2026 

Opening Gala: THE JOURNEY TO GYEONG-JU

Closing Gala: TRISTES TROPIQUES

Special Screening: POSSIBLE LOVE

(London, 6th October) The 21st edition of London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) will run from 2 November to 16 November across BFI Southbank, Ciné Lumière, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) and with the generous support of the Korean Film Council, the festival enters its third decade of celebrating Korean cinema in the UK.

This year’s festival opens with the UK premiere of Kim Mi-jo’s The Journey to Gyeong-ju (2025), a star-studded crime drama with grieving matriarch Ok-sil (Parasite’s Lee Jung-eun) and her three daughters (Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon) embarking on a road trip to avenge the murder of the youngest family member, followed by a Q&A with director Kim and actor Lee Jung-eun. Lee will also be attending a special screening of her other new work — Pil Gam-seong’s My Daughter Is a Zombie (2025), an adventurous and heartfelt comedy adapted from Lee Yoon-chang’s hugely popular webtoon about a father caring for his zombie virus infected daughter.

For the Closing Gala, we are delighted to present the UK Premiere of Park Hoon-jung’s Tristes Tropiques (2025), alongside a Q&A with the filmmaker. Well-known for his gritty and ruthless action dramas like New World (2013) and The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018), Park returns with a bloodbath triggered by the death of a kill-squad leader. The film won the Nouveau Genre Grand Prize, the top honour in the international competition at the 32nd L’Étrange Festival.

Our Special Screening strand includes a selection of the most anticipated contemporary Korean titles and offers a rare chance to see them on the big screen. This includes Lee Chang-dong’s anticipated new film Possible Love (2026), the winner of Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Lee’s relationship drama delivers a riveting portrait of class and the disparity between the have and have nots in Korean society nowadays. There will be a recorded introduction by director Lee.

We are also delighted to present a special screening of Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Love (2025), a moving portrayal of a high school student’s life that was hailed by many critics as the best Korean new release last year, ahead of its UK and Ireland cinema release on 27 November. Another much-looked-forward-to film is Frederik Sølberg’s Hana Korea (2025), in which Kim Minha (Pachinko) delivered an astonishing performance playing a young North Korean refugee who is trying to adjust to her new life. The festival will also see the UK premiere of Once We Were Us (2025), the latest romantic drama — a remake of Rene Liu’s acclaimed Us and Them (2018) — by director Kim Do-young, whose debut feature Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (2019) was a major success.

Apart from the exciting special screenings, our Cinema Now strand showcases a wide range of newly released Korean films that cannot be missed.

Time of Cinema (2025) is a love letter to the movie theatre directed by three leading filmmakers in contemporary Korean cinema, Lee Jong-pil, Yoon Ga-eun, and Jang Kun-jae. This reflexive anthology poses questions about what movies are for and where their magic lies.

Kim Tae-kyeong’s Home A Loan (2026) is a psychological thriller about a woman who moved into an abandoned, semi-derelict building with her two children in the belief that it will soon be developed but then started to see and hear strange things that turns her into an entire different person. Another title that would satisfy a craving of gripping suspense is Yoo Jong-seok’s debut feature Be My Baby (2025), a tense tale of two not-quite sisters, both desperate and in trouble.

This year also we welcome two brilliant coming-of-age stories: Yoo Jae-wook’s punkish The Gorals (2025) is a joyous celebration of four female misfits turning its sylvan rites of passage into social allegory, while Son Kyeong-su’s The Accordion Door (2025) is story about a high-schooler who acquired a prodigious talent for writing after a mysterious incident behind an accordion door.

The cinema of the Korean diaspora has been flourishing in recent years, with successes like Minari (2020). This year, we’re delighted to host the UK premieres of two films about the diasporic experience: Korean Canadian filmmaker Jerome Yoo’s feature debut Mongrels (2024), a tripartite drama that turns the diasporic experience into dreamy magical realism; and Korean American writer-director Stephanie Ahn’s feature debut Bedford Park (2026), which centres on the encounter between two second-generation Korean Americans: New Yorker Audrey Park (Moon Choi) and New Jersey ex-wrestler Eli (Son Sukku), who met through a car accident. Ahn’s film delves into the complex issues of identity and generational trauma and won the US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Kim Hye-ok and Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy, After Yang) star in Kim Jin-yu’s elegant drama Journey There (2025). Min-jun, a young conductor searching for his birth mother, finds frequent reasons to meet Chun-hee, gradually drawing her into the life of an orphaned boy with a gift for music. Director Kim Jin-yu will attend the Q&A following the screening.

Women’s Voices is a strand dedicated to up-and-coming independent women filmmakers. Yoo Jaein’s widely lauded first feature En Route To (2025) — took home New Currents Award and Best Actor (Lee Ji-won) at Busan International Film Festival and selected by Berlin International Film Festival — will screen to UK audiences for the first time. Yoo’s sophisticated drama confronts societal blind spots around the termination of adolescent pregnancies through a gentle depiction of the friendship between two high school students.

Shin Su-won’s The Mutation (2025) follows on a journey of two strangers each haunted by their own past — Se-oh, who is of Black, mixed-race descent but feels that it is safer for him to live in society wearing a mask and So-ra, who has lived in the shadows following the death of her same-sex lover. Mad Dance Office (2026) by Cho Hyn-jin tells the story of District Office director Guk-hee (Yeom Hye-ran), who has lived her whole life without a moment of respite but finds an unexpected refuge in dance one day.

The strand also features a curated shorts programme including four exceptional new films across fiction, documentary and animation: Co-directed by Wi Eun-kyoung and Son Gwang-min, My Aunt (2026) captures tender nephew-aunt relationship; in Speak, Young Granny (2026), filmmaker Chang Seoyun documents her experience of getting diagnosed with premature menopause at the young age of 24; My Killing Erotic Video (2026) directed by Seo Saerom and Bae Issac portrays women’s desires and fears in a cheerful and witty manner; Choi Eun-soo’s Kick It (2026) follows the story of high school girl who loves soccer and wants to participate in a semi-competitive football match that is open only to male students.

The 21st London Korean Film Festival will take place 2 November – 16 November 2026.

FURTHER PROGRAMME INFORMATION:

Facebook: @theLKFF

X: @koreanfilmfest

Instagram: @london_korean_film_festival

Homepage: https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/

All talent appearances:

Kim Mi-jo (Opening Gala Film Director)

Lee Jung-eun (Opening Gala Film Actor)

Park Hoon-jung (Closing Gala Film Director)

Kim Jin-yu (Cinema Now Film Director)

For further PRESS information, please contact: kcclkff@gmail.com

About Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK)

The Korean Cultural Centre UK, opened under the aegis of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom, aims to enhance friendship, amity, and understanding between Korea and the UK through cultural and educational activities. From the KCCUK’s central London location near Trafalgar Square, our dedicated team works to expand cultural projects, strengthen cooperation with major arts organisations and partners, and encourage cultural exchange.

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We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our team and help us deliver another exciting festival, both during the build-up and across the programme.

Our volunteer program is a good opportunity to gain valuable experience in the film festival sector and meet like-minded people who share a passion for Korean cinema and culture.

• Volunteer tasks may include:

– Welcoming our audiences, guests, and delegates

– Assisting with runner or production crew tasks before the Opening and Closing Gala

– Supporting festival staff with various event and programme-related duties

– Photography and videography

• Important details:

– Eligibility: over 18s

– Festival Location: Central London

– Volunteers are expected to commit to a minimum of 3 shifts during the festival (2–16 Nov).

– Volunteering schedule and duties will vary by event and will be confirmed following the recruitment process.

– There will be £10.50 travel cover (Zone 1–3) for each shift. If the shift is longer than 4 hours in a day, there will also be £10 subsistence.

• How to apply:

Please submit your application via this online form, any other way of applying would not be considered.

Application closes on 5 October 2026 at 12:00 PM.

Once applications have been processed, selected candidates will be notified.

If you have any questions, please get in touch via kcclkff@gmail.com

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Please submit your application (cover letter and CV) via email. Your cover letter should outline why you are interested in the role, as well as the skills and experience. The closing date for applications is 7 August 2026.

Once applications have been processed, selected candidates will be invited to attend an interview in mid-August 2026.

For further information on the role please contact info@kccuk.org.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application.

(1) Terms and Conditions

• Employer: Korean Cultural Centre UK
• Salary: 14.80GBP per hour (based on KCCUK regulations and candidate experience)
• Term: 7 September – 30 November 2026. (Period of work is flexible, based on festivals needs) The position is offered on a temporary basis, it is a part-time post, covering the period in preparation, build up, operation and debrief of the Screening Event
• Hours: 14 hours per week in 7 September-25 September, 35 hours per week in 28 September -30 November. This will involve some weekend and evening work, and hours can be flexible to accommodate this
• Notice Period: There is a 2-week probationary period, and if successful the candidate will be confirmed. Upon confirmation, either party will provide 2-weeks’ notice should they wish to terminate the agreement prior to the end of the contract
• Right to work: The successful applicant will be required to provide documentation that proves their right to work in the UK
• References: Offers of employment are subject to the receipt of two references
• Application: To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter to info@kccuk.org.uk with ‘London Korean Film Festival Marketing Coordinator’ in the subject line by 7 August
• Interview period: Mid-August
• Start date: 7 September 2026

(2) Job Description

The Marketing Co-ordinator is a core member of the film team. The successful applicant will be creative and insightful, showing the ability to present both in-depth promotional content and fresh ideas that link Korean cinema with film culture in the UK.

(3) Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• To support the Film Curator to develop an overall strategy with regards to print distribution and offline promotion, and to ensure LKFF screenings in 2026 attract large audiences.
• Managing and creating content for online platforms – e.g. the social media accounts, website
• To oversee the distribution of print marketing including ordering, payment and effective distribution of printed materials
• To design and deliver online campaign strategies for the film events including strand-specific e-newsletters, social media, festival & venue websites.
• To manage volunteers for the distribution of materials and other marketing tasks.
• To develop and maintain relationships with UK media and journalists, prepare and distribute press materials, respond to media enquiries, and coordinate press communications for festival films, special screenings, and related events.
• To identify and consider potential opportunities for cross-promotion and advertising with relevant external partners.
• To collaborate on all areas of marketing for the successful promotion of the film events, offering constructive, creative ideas to help generate ticket sales.
• General marketing and communications support, and any other duties relevant to the post as required by the film team.

(4) Personal Specification

• At least three years’ experience of working in a film festival or similar cultural event in a marketing and/or press officer role
• Understanding of various screening formats, experience handling audio-visual content
• Experience working to budget on large scale cultural projects and working with multiple external agencies and partners
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and to manage and meet changing deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and confidentiality
• Good IT skills including MS Office, skilled in Excel
• Demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and its practical application and integration in the work environment
• Ability to work flexible hours (there is a requirement to work outside contracted hours, including some evenings and weekends)
• Well-organised and effective at prioritising work and managing deadlines under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

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주영한국문화원은 제21회 런던한국영화제의 원활한 진행을 위해 아래와 같이 기간제 인력을 모집합니다.

1. 주요업무

○ 상영작 선재물 확보 및 관리 업무 지원

○ 상영회 기간 중 상영회 및 행사 운영 전반 업무 지원

○ 초청게스트 전체 일정 구성 및 관리 업무 지원

○ 초청게스트 입출국 및 부대행사 시 수행 업무 지원

○ 각종 부대 행사 준비 및 진행 협조

○ 상영회 진행 지원 업무

○ 언론 홍보 업무 지원 업무

○ 기타 상영회와 관련하여 필요한 제반 업무 지원

2. 응모자격

○ 영국 체류 자격에 문제가 없는 자 (관광비자 등 일을 할 수 없는 비자 제외, 별도 비 자 발급 지원 불가)

○ 영어 및 한국어에 모두 능통한 자

○ 영화제, 영화 배급사 및 영화/문화 행사 등 관련 분야 경력자 우대

○ 영화 이론 및 실기 전공자 우대

○ MS 오피스 (워드, 엑셀), 한글 사용 필수, 어도비 디자인 (포토샵, 인디자인) 및 프로 젝트 관리 프로그램 사용 가능자 우대

3. 제출서류

○ 자기소개서, 이력서 (자유 양식) 국문 1부 및 영문 1부 (총 2부)

○ 자격요건에 부합하는 자격증, 경력증명서 사본 등 제출 가능

4. 전형절차

○ 서류전형 ￫ 면접전형 ￫ 최종합격

5. 근무기간 및 시간

○ 근무 기간: 2026년 9월 7일~11월 30일

○ 근무 시간: 9월 7일~9월 25일 (주 14시간), 9월 28일~11월 30일 (주 35시간),

주 09:00 – 17:30 (1일 7시간, 점심시간 1시간 제외)

○ 근무 장소: 주영한국문화원

※ 행사 일정에 따라 필요시 야간 및 주말 근무

※ 첫 2주는 수습시간으로, 수습기간 후 평가를 통해 정식 채용이 확정됨.

6. 보수

○ 시급 £14.80부터 (문화원 규정 및 지원자 경력에 따라 책정)

7. 접수처

○ 이메일 지원 (info@kccuk.org.uk)

○ 접수 시 이메일 제목 란에 ‘제21회 런던한국영화제 기간제 인력 지원’을 명시하기 바람

8. 서류 접수기한

○ 2026년 8월 7일(금)

9. 기타 참고사항

○ 서류 심사 통과자에 한해 개별 면접을 실시

○ 서류 통과 여부, 구체 면접 일정, 최종합격여부는 해당자에게만 개별 통보

○ 제출 서류는 반환하지 않으며, 기재내용이 사실과 다른 경우 채용을 취소할 수 있음

주영한국문화원

Korean Cultural Centre UK

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LONDON KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 

20TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME

Opening Gala: Kim Jong-kwan’s FROSTED WINDOW

Closing Gala: Woo Min-ho’s HARBIN

(London, 6th October). The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF), organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) and supported by the Korean Film Council, will return from 5 November to 18 November taking place at BFI Southbank, Ciné Lumière, and ICA London.

Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, LKFF is one of the longest running film festivals dedicated to Korean cinema outside the country itself. Featuring the world premiere of Kim Jong-kwan’s Frosted Window as the opening film and Woo Min-ho’s Harbin as the closing film, this milestone edition will honour the vibrant present and rich history of Korean filmmaking with its signature strands — Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, and a Special Screening.

This year will also see the launch of the LKFF Audience Award, giving festival-goers the chance to vote for their favourite film and play a part in shaping this special anniversary celebration.

The festival will open with the world premiere of Frosted Window (2025), an anthology film that gives an honest portrayal of the human condition through three episodes, each set in a different season, in the Seochon neighbourhood of Seoul’s Jongno District. Frosted Window is directed by the master of inventive short narratives Kim Jong-kwan (Come, Closer (2010), The Table (2016) and Shades of the Heart (2021)) and serves as a  Rohmer-esque love letter to Seochon. Director Kim Jong-kwan and actor Yeon Woo-jin will be joining the festival for a special post-screening Q&A.

The festival will close with Inside Men (2015)director Woo Min-ho’s latest feature Harbin (2024), a breathtaking historical drama about Korean Independence fighter, Ahn Jung-geun, lensed by Parasite cinematographer Hong Kyeong-pyo and scored by longtime Park Chan-wook collaborator, Cho Young-wuk. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year and stars Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min, Jo Woo-jin and Jeon Yeo-been.

Setting the celebratory tone of this year’s edition will be a Special Screening of Hi-Five (2025), a light-hearted super-hero comedy by Kang Hyoung-chul, the creator of numerous blockbusters including Sunny (2011) and Scandal Makers (2008). 

Cinema Now brings a selection of new releases across a range of genres, showcasing the vitality and innovation of Korea’s contemporary filmmaking. Director Shin Jea-min’s Commission (2024) is a bold and sophisticated psychodrama that reimagines the creative process of the booming webtoon industry as the framework for a gripping serial killer thriller, where mysteries unfold around an aspiring webtoon artist. 

Jang Man-min’s debut feature Silver Apricot (2024) centres on a vampire webtoon creator who returns to her seaside hometown of Donghae City, where she must confront the fraught dynamics of her estranged family. 

Namkoong Sun’s Time to Be Strong (2024) turns to the flipside of the glamorous K-pop kingdom — a story about three veteran idols embarking on a belated ‘school trip’ to Jeju Island in the hope of recovering and rediscovering their lost youth. 

The Informant (2024), directed by Kim Seok, is an action comedy that follows the chaotic duo of an inept cop and an ace informant as they navigate a swamp of deceit and distrust, featuring an astounding lead performance by Squid Game (2021-2025)’s actor Heo Sung-tae. 

The Land of Morning Calm (2024) begins with the disappearance of a young local fisherman, sending ripples through a bleak, small seaside town. Park Ri-woong’s melancholic portrait of an ageing community garnered three awards at the 29th Busan International Film Festival. 

Another film festival acclaimed gem is Park Joon-ho’s 3670 (2025), winner of four awards at the 26th Jeonju International Film Festival that tracks a defector exploring his identity and sexuality in Seoul. Starring K-pop star Kwon Yu-ri (Girls’ Generation), Somebody (2025) is a psychological thriller that dives into the dark side of a convoluted mother-daughter relationship. 

Women’s Voices, curated by programmer Son Si-nae from the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, champions up-and-coming independent filmmakers. 

Red Nails (2025) by Hwang Seul-gi presents a young woman weighed down by debt and the arrival of her estranged mother, who suffers from dementia. Caught between survival and responsibility, the two struggle to redefine what family means in the face of hardship. 

In Bang Mi-ri’s SAVE (2025), just a day before a high schooler is set to leave her orphanage, a stranger who claims to have saved her life in the past suddenly reappears asking for help; what begins with suspicion unfolds into an unexpected bond, as the film explores resilience and the unconventional ways women carve out survival in a cruel world. 

The Meryl Streep Project (2024) documents director Park Hyo-sun’s journey to meet her hero, Meryl Streep, who inspires her to participate in feminist activism in Korea. The film captures important discussions around the political awakening amongst young women in the country.

In collaboration with the Korean Film Archive, this year’s edition also presents a special programme to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Korea’s Liberation. 

Dramas of Resistance: The 80th Anniversary of Liberation, curated by programmer Park Se-ho, highlights films that honour the spirit of strength and resilience in the movement. 

The programme features two films from the ‘Manchurian Western’ genre, which blends elements of the ‘Spaghetti Western’ to explore stories set in Manchuria during the colonial era. Auteur Lee Man-hee’s Break Up the Chain (1971), a seminal work of the genre, is an epic about three men who chase after a Buddha statue that not only holds monetary value but also bears a list of operatives working for the resistance movement; and Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), which revisits the trio-and-treasure-hunt trope with renowned actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung.

The programme also includes two biopics that foreground prominent figures in Korean liberation: Youn JK’s Hero (2022), a screen adaptation of the eponymous musical that chronicles the life of revolutionary Ahn Jung-geun, and Lee Joon-ik’s Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016), which depicts the story of celebrated poet Yoon Dong-ju. 

Also based on a real-life story, Kim Hyun-seok’s YMCA Baseball Team (2002) offers a comedic interpretation of the legendary Hwangseong YMCA baseball team—the first baseball team in Korea.

Seunghye Sun, Director, Korean Cultural Centre UK mentions “As we celebrate the London Korean Film Festival, I am reminded of a phrase that guides my reflections on Korean aesthetics: all that is called is love. At its heart, cinema embodies this truth by offering us not only stories but a deeper understanding of the wide spectrum of the human condition. From tender lyricism to profound historical narratives, Korean film reveals how love, in its many forms, binds us to one another and to the world we share.”

The 20th London Korean Film Festival will take place 5 November – 18 November 2025.

About the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK)

The Korean Cultural Centre UK, opened under the aegis of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom, aims to enhance friendship, amity, and understanding between Korea and the UK through cultural and educational activities. From the KCCUK’s central London location near Trafalgar Square, our dedicated team works to expand cultural projects, strengthen cooperation with major arts organisations and partners, and encourage cultural exchange. 

About the London Korean Film Festival

The London Korean Film Festival has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the longest running and most respected festivals dedicated to Korean cinema in the world. We’ve built a name upon presenting line-ups consisting of everything from the country’s most successful blockbusters to thought-provoking independents from its finest auteurs. Across a variety of finely curated strands we aim to cater for general audiences to committed cinephiles, and everyone in between.

Organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK

Supported by the Korean Film Council

Venue Partners: BFI, Institute of Francais (Ciné Lumière), ICA

Programme Partner: Korean Film Archive

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We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our team and help us deliver another exciting festival, both during the build-up and across the programme.

Our volunteer program is a good opportunity to gain valuable experience in the film festival sector and meet like-minded people who share a passion for Korean cinema and culture.

Volunteer tasks may include:

• Welcoming our audiences, guests, and delegates
• Assisting with runner or production crew tasks before the Opening and Closing Gala
• Supporting festival staff with various event and programme-related duties

Important details:

• Eligibility: over 18s
• Festival Location: Central London
• Volunteers are expected to commit to a minimum of 3 shifts during the festival (5–18 Nov).
• Volunteering schedule and duties will vary by event and will be confirmed following the recruitment process.
• There will be £10.50 travel cover (Zone 1–3) for each shift. If the shift is longer than 4 hours in a day, there will also be £10 subsistence.

How to apply: Please submit your application via online form, any other way of applying would not be considered.

Application deadline: Thursday 25 September 2025, 23:59.

Once applications have been processed, selected candidates will be notified by Friday, 10 October 2025.

If you have any questions, please get in touch via kcclkff@gmail.com

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1. 주요업무

○ 상영작 선재물 확보 및 관리

○ 상영회 기간 중 상영회 및 행사 운영 전반 관리

○ 초청게스트 전체 일정 구성 및 관리

○ 초청게스트 입출국 및 부대행사 시 수행 업무

○ 각종 부대 행사 준비 및 진행 협조

○ 상영회 진행 지원

○ 기타 상영회와 관련하여 필요한 제반 업무 지원

2. 응모자격

○ 영국 체류 자격에 문제가 없는 자 (관광비자 등 일을 할 수 없는 비자 제외, 별도 비자 발급 지원 불가)

○ 영어 및 한국어에 모두 능통한 자

○ 영화제, 영화 배급사 및 영화/문화 행사 등 관련 분야 경력자 우대

○ 영화 이론 및 실기 전공자 우대

○ MS 오피스 (워드, 엑셀), 한글 사용 필수, 어도비 디자인 (포토샵, 인디자인) 및 프로 젝트 관리 프로그램 사용 가능자 우대

3. 제출서류

○ 자기소개서, 이력서 (자유 양식) 국문 1부 및 영문 1부 (총 2부)

○ 자격요건에 부합하는 자격증, 경력증명서 사본 등 제출 가능

4. 전형절차

○ 서류전형 ￫ 면접전형 ￫ 최종합격

5. 근무기간 및 시간

○ 근무 기간: 2025년 8월 4일~12월 5일

○ 근무 시간: 주 5일

※ 행사 일정에 따라 필요시 야간 및 주말 근무

※ 첫 2주는 수습시간으로, 수습기간 후 평가를 통해 정식 채용이 확정됨.

6. 보수

○ 시급 £13.85부터 (문화원 규정 및 지원자 경력에 따라 책정)

7. 접수처

○ 이메일 지원 (info@kccuk.org.uk)

○ 접수 시 이메일 제목 란에 ‘광복 80주년 기념 특별상영회 전문인력 지원’을 명시하기 바람

8. 서류 접수기한

○ 2025년 7월 18일(금)

9. 기타 참고사항

○ 서류 심사 통과자에 한해 개별 면접을 2025년 7월 23일 혹은 7월 24일에 실시

○ 서류 통과 여부, 구체 면접 일정, 최종합격여부는 해당자에게만 개별 통보

○ 제출 서류는 반환하지 않으며, 기재내용이 사실과 다른 경우 채용을 취소할 수 있음

주영한국문화원

Korean Cultural Centre UK

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Please submit your application (cover letter and CV) via email. Your cover letter should outline why you are interested in the role, as well as the skills and experience. The closing date for applications is 18 July 2025

Once applications have been processed, selected candidates will be invited to attend an interview on either 23 or 24 July 2025

For further information on the role please contact info@kccuk.org.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application.

(1) Terms and Conditions

• Employer: Korean Cultural Centre UK
• Salary: 13.85GBP per hour (based on KCCUK regulations and candidate experience)
• Term: 8 September – 29 November 2025. (Period of work is flexible, based on festivals needs) The position is offered on a temporary basis, it is a part-time post, covering the period in preparation, build up, operation and debrief of the Screening Event
• Hours: 16 hours (2 days) per week in 8 September-30 September, 40 hours(5days) per week in 6 October -28 November. This will involve some weekend and evening work, and hours can be flexible to accommodate this
• Notice Period: There is a 2-week probationary period, and if successful the candidate will be confirmed. Upon confirmation, either party will provide 2-weeks’ notice should they wish to terminate the agreement prior to the end of the contract
• Right to work: The successful applicant will be required to provide documentation that proves their right to work in the UK
• References: Offers of employment are subject to the receipt of two references
• Application: To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter to info@kccuk.org.uk with ‘Special Screening 2025 Marketing Coordinator’ in the subject line by 18 July
• Interview period: 23 or 24 July 2024
• Start date: 8 September 2025

(2) Job Description

The Marketing Co-ordinator is a core member of the film team. The successful applicant will be creative and insightful, showing the ability to present both in-depth promotional content and fresh ideas that link Korean cinema with film culture in the UK.

(3) Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• To support the Film Curator to develop an overall strategy with regards to print distribution and offline promotion, and to ensure special screenings 2025 attracts large audiences.
• Managing and creating content for online platforms – e.g. the social media accounts, website
• To oversee the distribution of print marketing including ordering, payment and effective distribution of printed materials
• To design and deliver online campaign strategies for the film events including strand-specific e-newsletters, social media, festival & venue websites.
• To manage volunteers for the distribution of materials and other marketing tasks.
• To communicate regularly with a PR agency to build relationships with press lists and journalists, ensuring they are informed about upcoming films and events at special screenings.
• To identify and consider potential opportunities for cross-promotion and advertising with relevant external partners.
• To collaborate on all areas of marketing for the successful promotion of the film events, offering constructive, creative ideas to help generate ticket sales.
• General marketing and communications support, and any other duties relevant to the post as required by the film team.

(4) Personal Specification

• At least three years’ experience of working in a film festival or similar cultural event in a marketing and/or press officer role
• Understanding of various screening formats, experience handling audio-visual content
• Experience working to budget on large scale cultural projects and working with multiple external agencies and partners
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and to manage and meet changing deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and confidentiality
• Good IT skills including MS Office, skilled in Excel
• Demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and its practical application and integration in the work environment
• Ability to work flexible hours (there is a requirement to work outside contracted hours, including some evenings and weekends)
• Well-organised and effective at prioritising work and managing deadlines under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

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These questions shape 여운 | Lingering Fragments, a film programme that brings together a broad selection of non-fiction and experimental works, highlighting the richness of Korean cinema and the multiplicity of voices working within it.

In Korean, 여운 (yeo-un) translates to lingering feeling, resonance, or echo. It is the subtle yet powerful sensation that remains after something has ended—an aftertaste of motion, memory, or thought that refuses to fade. The echo stays behind, often more poignant than the moment itself. This idea of 여운 captures the programme’s exploration of how we process trauma, both collectively and personally. These fragments—emotional, visual, and historical—create a space that encourages us to come together through shared experiences. In this way, cinema becomes a site of solidarity, healing, and connection, where the lingering impression of what we see continues to shape how we remember, feel, and relate to one another. The title Lingering Fragments speaks to the emotional resonance of images that remain with us—those indelible moments that persist long after the credits roll.

While overarching themes of memory, poetry, and resistance run through the programme, each night presents a distinct strand of Korean cinema—one that remains resolutely multivocal, not only through the filmmakers themselves but through the many voices embedded within the films. From the daring, radical feminist shorts of Han Okhi and the Kaidu Club—Korea’s first feminist film collective, founded in the 1970s—to a haunting meditation on the Korean War, a screening dedicated to women’s oral histories, and the poetic, textural works of contemporary Korean experimental and artists’ cinema, these films carry the urgency of their times. They address subjects such as the division of the Korean peninsula and its enduring psychological weight, the repressive periods of authoritarian rule in the 1970s and 1980s, and the restrictive gender and social norms that shaped Korea’s postwar society. Whether through militant critique, quiet testimony, or poetic abstraction, these works give form to voices long buried or suppressed—each fragment a testament to the resilience of memory and to cinema’s capacity to resist forgetting.

This year’s programme includes several UK premieres and spans various forms: shorts, features, documentaries, artist films, and video art. We aim to showcase the depth and diversity of Korean cinema and to amplify voices that are often marginalised or overlooked. These films all resist conventional narratives and traditional cinematic forms, instead embracing poetic and experimental modes of expression.

Alongside the screenings, audience members are invited to engage with guest introductions, post-film discussions, and poetry readings. Over four weeks, we invite you into a space where images linger, fragments speak, and cinema becomes a site of reflection and quiet resistance.

This film programme is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Korean Cultural Centre UK and the MA in Film Programming and Curating at Birkbeck, now in its ninth year, providing students with a platform for curatorial practice and discussion focused on historical and contemporary non-fiction cinema and artists’ moving image from Korea.

Programmed and Brochure texts by Birkbeck, University of London, Film Programming and Curating MA Students:

Aoife Kanowski

Jack Cunliffe

Kelsey Keating

Lucy Peters

In conversation with Ricardo Matos Cabo, Birkbeck, University of London.

 

Programme

18 June, Han Okhi and Kaidu Club: A Cinema of Outsiders
The Middle Dog Day (1974),The Hole (1974), Colour of Korea (1976), Untitled 77-A (1977), The Silence of Love (1991) – Dir. Han Okhi
https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/events/han-okhi-and-kaidu-club-a-cinema-of-outsiders/

25 June, Korean War Commemorative Screening
Forbidden Fatherland (2019) – Dir. Kim Lyang | 72 mins
https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/events/korean-war-commemorative-screening-forbidden-fatherland/

2 July, Women’s Oral Histories
Lesbian Censorship in School 1 (2005) – Dir. Lee Young | 27 mins
The Witches’ Carnival (2024) – Dir. Park Ji-sun | 81 mins
https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/events/womens-oral-histories/

9 July, Writing Poems at the End of the World + Intro and Q&A with dir Kim Wonwoo
Glistening Seagull (2024) – Dir. Yu Chae | 10 mins
E.T. Phone Home (2021) – Dir. Lee Sinae | 16 mins
Writing Poems at the End of the World (2024) – Dir. Kim Wonwoo | 30 mins
https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/events/writing-poems-at-the-end-of-the-world-intro-and-qa/

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