Korea Season: Indie Talent
Korean independent filmmakers continue to turn out an impressive number of new features every year, despite a lingering downturn at Korea’s box office and cuts to public funding. With surprising regularity, large numbers of talented new directors emerge and make names for themselves each year. The Indie Talent strand is devoted to highlighting such new voices, as well as the works of established directors who are pushing themselves in new directions.

A Wing and a Prayer
동에 번쩍 서에 번쩍
Fri 10 Nov, 6:30pm
ICA
Two roommates in Seoul make an impulsive, last-minute decision to travel to Korea’s east coast. Hwa-jeong (Woo Hwa-jeong) wants to make a wish to the sun as it rises up from the ocean, praying for her latest job interview to be successful. Less focused on her ambitions, Seol-hee (Yeo Seol-hee) isn’t even sure what to wish for. But after they arrive, things don’t go as planned, and the two of th...
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A Wild Roomer
괴인
Sat 11 Nov, 8:20pm
ICA
An awkward living arrangement sits at the centre of A Wild Roomer, director Lee Jeong-hong’s inventive slice-of-life debut feature. Gi-hong (Park Gil-hong) runs a small carpentry business, redoing the interiors of homes and offices, but jobs are sporadic at best. He has nonetheless found what appears to be a great lodging deal, renting out a room in an expansive modern home owned by a married c...
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A Letter from Kyoto + Q&A
Sun 12 Nov, 6:10pm
Cine Lumiere
Hwa-ja has been raising three daughters alone in Busan after her husband passed away. One day, the second daughter Hye-young comes back to Busan after having continuous setbacks in Seoul. While spending time with her mom, she accidently sees a letter written in Japanese, which triggers her curiosity. She starts to ask Hwa-ja about her past life and gets to know new stories of her mother that sh...
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Flowers of Mold
너를 줍다
Mon 13 Nov, 8:15pm
Cine Lumiere
Flowers of Mold begins as the story of a solitary young woman with a slightly disturbing hobby. Late at night, Jisu (Kim Jae- Kyung) quietly retrieves bags of trash from the communal bin of her apartment building. By sorting through and carefully cataloguing their contents, she comes to gain intimate knowledge about all her neighbours. Jisu approaches this task with the same professionalism she...
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