LKFF 2022: Indie Talent – Programmer’s Note
The four films included in this year’s Indie Talent section were chosen to provide a glimpse into the kind of stories Korean independent filmmakers are telling in the present day. Whereas many commercial filmmakers have to assess and anticipate the type of stories audiences want to hear, for independent directors the choice of what story to tell often comes from someplace personal. In that sens...
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The State of 2020s Korean Sexuality: Gyeong-ah’s Daughter and Coming to You
We lead growing proportions of our lives online, and this is even more true for young people, who face the daunting task of exploring their sexuality and relationships in an increasingly digital world. Lawmakers and the government in South Korea are way behind in understanding how to prevent and respond to gender-based violence using tech and in online spaces. It’s past time for them to catch u...
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LKFF 2022: Full Programme Announcement
For any press requests please contact festival publicist. THE LONDON KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS PROGRAMME Special Presentation of Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Award Winning BROKER Critically Acclaimed RETURN TO SEOUL Closing Film: KIM Han-min’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON Following the announcement of Choi Dong-hoon’s Alienoid opening the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF), the f...
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In memory of Kang Soo-yeon – Programmer’s Note
For a good decade and a half, from the mid-1980s till the end of the 1990s, Kang Soo-yeon was one of the most significant actors in Korean television and film. After that period, she made the odd cameo (With a Girl of Black Soil 2007, Sunny 2011), even tried her hand at crime-horror (The Circle 2003) or performed in limited roles in films such as the bombastic Hanbando (2006) or Im Kwon-...
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LKFF 2022: Documentary – Programmer’s Note
2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Pannori Arirang (1982). Though there’s room for dispute, the film is widely understood to be Korea’s very first ‘independent’ documentary, and was also an original work of the Seoul Film Collective, formed by key members of the Seoul National University ‘Yalashang’ film club. Though there had been documentaries before this, they were at best gov...
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