Lee Chang-dong’s Venice-winning “Possible Love” and Son Suk-ku’s Sundance-winning “Bedford Park” headline the 21st London Korean Film Festival, the Korean Cultural Centre UK announced on October 10.
According to Yonhap’s report from London, the festival will run from November 2 to 16 across three London venues, screening a total of 22 Korean films.
The festival opens with Kim Mi-jo’s “Gyeongju Travel,” a family revenge drama about four mothers seeking justice for their youngest daughter, who never returned from a school trip. Director Kim and lead actress Lee Jung-eun will attend the opening ceremony to meet British audiences.
The closing film is Park Hoon-jung’s action noir “Sad Tropics,” which took the top prize in the international competition at this year’s Étrange Festival in France. Park will join a post-screening audience talk. Both the opening and closing ceremonies will take place at BFI Southbank.
The special screenings section also features Pil Kam-seong’s “Zombie Daughter” and the Korea-Denmark co-production “Hana Korea” by Frederik Sølberg. The “Cinema Now” section showcases latest releases including “Mongrels” by Jerome Yoo.
“Bedford Park,” which Son Suk-ku produced and stars in with Choi Hee-seo, won the Special Jury Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance and will screen in the global projects section.
Korean Cultural Centre UK director Park Hyo-gun said the festival is “an important platform where Korean filmmakers and British audiences meet and interact,” going beyond simply introducing Korean films to local audiences.
