Special Focus: 40th Anniversary of KAFA
The Special Focus Strand will commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Korean Film Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). Created by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) in 1984. KAFA is Korea’s top educational film institution having produced over 700 prominent film-industry talents, including directors such as Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), Hur Jin-ho (Christmas in August, A Normal Family), Choi Dong-hoon (Alienoid), and Jo Sung-hee (Space Sweepers).
KAFA Forum: 40th Anniversary of KAFA
Fri 10 Nov, 3:30pm
Korean Cultural Centre UK
As part of the 40th Anniversary of KAFA strand, LKFF will host a forum at the Korean Cultural Centre UK on 10th November, 3:30p.m. Directors Lim Oh-jeong (Hail to Hell) and Kim Min-ju (A Letter from Kyoto), both former students of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), will examine the history of the Korean Film Academy and gain insights into the broader trends of the Korean film industry. So...
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Sun 05 Nov, 3:20pm
Garden Cinema
Tinker Ticker
들개
Sun 05 Nov, 6:00pm
Garden Cinema
After an incident with a homemade bomb during his high school years, Jung-gu (Byun Yo-han) is having a difficult time adapting to reality. Now he can only find satisfaction in making bombs and sending them to people at random in the hopes that someone will blow one up. One day he crosses paths with a student named Hyo-min (Park Jeong-min), the first person who is willing to detonate one of Jung...
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KAFA Shorts
Tue 07 Nov, 8:30pm
Rich Mix
KAFA Shorts, showcases a selection of short films created by KAFA students and alumni. Some of these films have been screened at both domestic and international film festivals, while others will be new to audiences.
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Mother Land
엄마의 땅: 그리샤와 숲의 주인
Fri 10 Nov, 8:00pm
Picturehouse Central
Mother Land tells the story of a young girl named Krisha, who lives with her family in Yates Village and participates in traditions handed down by her ancestors. When her mother falls sick, Krisha goes on an adventure in search of a legendary forest that contains the cure to her mother’s illness. This is the tale of mother nature’s slow destruction and loss of healing, and of the yo...
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Our Body
아워 바디
Sun 12 Nov, 2:30pm
ICA
Ja-young (Choi Hee-seo) has been preparing for her administrative examination for 8 years, and she is exhausted in both body and mind. One evening, she encounters a beautiful woman named Hyun-joo (Ahn Ji-hye), and following her example, Ja-young takes up running and starts to rediscover her own vitality. However, when Hyun-joo is in a sudden accident, Ja-young finds her purpose shaken once agai...
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INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls
잉투기
Tue 14 Nov, 8:15pm
Cine Lumiere
Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls is the 2013 full-length debut of director Um Tae-hwa, who also directed the 2023 film Concrete Utopia. Based on the true story of a martial arts competition that was put on by an Internet community, this action film depicts the lives of loners left behind by the system who escape reality by hiding behind their keyboards, living without goals, determinatio...
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