London Korean Film Festival 2018
1-25 November
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- DirectorJeon Go-WoonStarsEsomAhn Jae-hongJae-Hyun ChoiWhiskey and cigarettes, the only ways of keeping her dignity in this city.
- DirectorMalene ChoiStarsThomas HwanKaroline Sofie LeeTwo Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity. Operating in a hybrid field THE RETURN is partially based on director Malene Choi's personal experience as well as stories shared by adoptees that Malene encountered in Seoul while shooting the film.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsJong-hak BaekOh Yun-hongKim Yu-seokHelmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, Sangkwon, plans a getaway for the same destination, where tragedy brings them together once again.
- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Eun-haShin GooHahn Suk-Kyu suffers from a fatal disease. He meets Shim Eun-Ha and falls in love with her. Will their love story have a tragic ending?
- DirectorYoon-ki LeeStarsKim Ji-SooHwang Jung-minKim KkobbiThis film is a restrained, yet thoroughly engaging, study of a female post office worker's emotional life.
- DirectorLu ZhangStarsLianji LiuBo JinGuangxuan ZhuCui, a young Korean mother living on the outskirts of Chinese society, has a husband in jail and a son to support. She barely makes a living selling kimchi to workers along the side of a bleak, industrial road. A love affair with a fellow Chinese-Korean leads to tragic consequences as Cui struggles against the vulnerability of her position.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsChae Gil ByoungJung Gil JaShin Hyun JeIn Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after each other when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
- DirectorPark Jung-bumStarsPark Jung-bumJin Yong-wookEunjin KangJeon Seungchul's citizen registration number brands him as a North Korean defector. It is difficult to find a good job and it's hard to get along with people at church. He is not an ex-convict or a migrant worker, but he is subjected to many discriminations. Like the stray dog he looks after, Jeon Seungchul is a misfit in South Korea's capitalist society.
- DirectorYoon SunghyunStarsLee JehoonPark Jeong-minSeo Jun-yeongThree best friends, Ki-tae, Dong-yoon, and Hee-june; they thought their friendship would last forever. A few tiny cracks of distrust start to develop among these best friends. Ki-tae and Hee-june are suddenly filled with misunderstanding and hated, and Ki-tae starts to use violence against Hee-june. When Dong-yoon finds out about Ki-tae's behavior toward Hee-june, he tries to stop Ki-tae but fails. Instead, what started out as little doubts, push these three boys into the point of no return.
- DirectorPark Jung-bumStarsPark Jung-bumLee Seung-yunPark Myeong-hoonA simple labourer in a remote mountain village is driven to desperate measures to provide for the women in his life.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsYoun Yuh-jungNash AngHyun-jun ChoiThe Bacchus Lady looks into the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea. So-Young, an elderly lady who provides sex services to the male senior citizens using the pretext of selling Bacchus (an energy drink) to them. When So-Young picks up a Korean-Filipino boy named Min-Ho from the clinic she visits after Min-Ho's mother stabs the doctor (Min-Ho's father), she takes care of him while seeking a living through prostitution. From her interactions with her former clients, she finds that the golden age in their silver years may not be that bright after all.
- DirectorYang-hee KimStarsYang Ik-joonJeon Hye-jinJung Ga-ramA married poet in South Korea falls for a teenage boy who works at the local doughnut shop.
- DirectorKang-hyun LeeStarsYun Jong-seokBaek Soo-jangGiseon works as an administrator at a high school. He begins to nurture an interest in Jinsu, a student on the soccer team. He asks him how his soccer practices are, and whether there are any problems in school. He even visits him at home. Giseon's ex Hyejin quits her job and gets busy remodeling her mother's small restaurant. The stories of Giseon and Hyejin run parallel, and they reappear after some time has passed. Giseon has quit working at the school and is writing for a private newsletter. He is writing a story on a delivery driver, Hyeonsu.
- DirectorDong-Eun LeeStarsLee Sang-heeLim Soo-jungSeo Jung-yeonHyo Jin is a 32-year-old woman whose husband died in an accident two years ago. Her husband has a 16-year-old son, Jong Wook, from a previous marriage. Hyo Jin begins to live with Jong Wook.
- DirectorJung Ji-wooStarsChoi Min-sikPark Shin-hyeRyu Jun-yeolA father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiance. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.
- DirectorDae-Woong KimStarsYoo Hae-jinKim Min-jaeLee Sung-kyungThis is the story of a father and son who grow closer through wrestling. However, the son's beloved girlfriend has a crush on his father.
- DirectorHong Chang-PyoStarsShim Eun-kyungLee Seung-giKim Sang-kyungI princess who is skilled in martial arts dismisses her four potential suitors and journey's to find a man worthy of her hand in marriage.
- DirectorChang-min ChooStarsRyu Seung-ryongJang Dong-gunGo Kyung-pyoA man dumps a girl's body in a lake after accidentally killing her with his car on a dark and foggy night. Her enraged father soon hatches an elaborate plan to find the perpetrator and take revenge.
- DirectorSoon-rye YimStarsKim Tae-riRyu Jun-yeolJin Ki-jooA young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.
- DirectorKyu-Jang ChoStarsLee Sung-minKim Sang-hoJin KyungAn ordinary man witnesses a cruel murder and becomes entangled in circumstances out of his control.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKwon Hae-hyoYoo Joon-sangGi Ju-bongIn the middle of winter, a poet invites his son to meet him at a hotel.
- DirectorGa-Young JeongUnder the pretense of research for her scenario, Ga-yeong interviews a man she's been wanting to get to know. She probes him for intimate details including his sexual fantasies. He answers in all sincerity and she slowly reveals her desire for him.
- DirectorBoram KimDocumentary about menstruation and the social norms surrounding the topic.
- DirectorSuyeon Oh
- DirectorChoah ChoiA new teacher at a kindergarten, Sieun suspects a 6-year-old girl named Seolha has been sexually abused by a boy at the same age. She begins a bad education.
- DirectorKi-Yong ParkStarsLee Mi-yeonJin Hee-kyungJung Woo-sungMotel Cactus consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul: (1.) A girl celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend, because it is the only place she feels entirely secure with him. (2.) A student has rented room 407 for several hours to shoot a scene with a girl for his video film, a college project. (3.) A salesman meets a woman in a bar. Both very drunk, they arrive in room 407. Afterwards he is back in the room, alone. (4.) He is soon joined by his old love from his college days. Both are vaguely hoping to rekindle their old relationship.
- DirectorKi-Yong ParkStarsLee Dae-yeonPark Myung-shinAn unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex.
- DirectorKi-Yong ParkA cigarette outside the Incheon Airport rekindles the affection of two lovers: a woman returning from Canada, and a man sending his daughter to study aboard. Feeling a romantic thrill, the pair meet again and gently retrace the memories they shared in the past. What they feel instead is a deep-rooted tiredness with life, stressed out by business failure, caring for ageing parents, divorce, separation by death... Slowly tracing the passing of time, Park Ki-yong muses over the path that life has taken, mourning the loss of love and dream by life's meandering vacillations.
- DirectorIn-Seon KimStarsJang Hye-jinLee Jae-inSeo Jung-yeonA fourteen year old girl meets her uncle who has never really grown up.
- DirectorChoi ChanghwanExpress parcel delivery man Minkyu dreams to be a DJ. He is soon to perform his first deejaying at a club run by close friend Jihong. His girlfriend See-eun is grumpy because she thinks he is not fairly treated compared to what he does for the club. But actually, she also struggles dealing with a big load of task teaching students who prepare for a college entrance exam at an art academy run by her friend. Back from the Beat is the result of a cinematic attempt to draw more than what we can expect from the familiar topic of the young generation hopelessly surviving in the sweated labor environment.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsPark Joong-hoonJin-shil ChoiKim Bo-yeonYoung-min and Mi-yeong are college sweethearts who naively believe that their love will remain unchanged forever at the time of their wedding. But their married life gets off to a rocky start when Mi-yeong locks Young-min out of the bedroom on their honeymoon
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsKim Hye-suSong Young-changJo Min-kiA college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsKang Soo-younKim Kap-suKim Hak-cheolPoet and professor of literature, Yeong-min, falls in love with a journalist. Yeong-min lies to his wife, telling her that he is going to a mountain temple for a 2-month retreat from the world to gain inspiration when actually he has moved in with the reporter by the sea
- DirectorJae-hoon AhnStarsShin Eun-sooNo Kang-minA little girl always plays on the stepping stones in the brook. A shy little boy hovers around her unable to ask her that he wishes to be alone. Suddenly, it rains and they seek shelter together, which brings them closer. However, the little boy has a secret.
- DirectorKi-Bong KwakSang-gyu and Min-sun, who are middle school students, go out to the downtown to buy video games. Unfortunately, they had been robbed money from bullys in town. However, Min-sun, who has a good fighter brother, does not lose money. Sang-gyu returns home after losing his money alone and asks his cousin for revenge.
- DirectorHu Jung KimJong-hak is working as a consultant helping refugees from North Korea. At the same time, he has worked as a spy who sent the refugees' names to North Korea. Jong-hak's ordinary daily life has become changed with his broken watch.
- DirectorSungjun BangAfter her son died at a young age, Jung Sook learned how to read and write by transcribing her late son's anthology, 'Passing Over the Hill.' In search of her son's remnants, Jung Sook visits his university in Seoul and encounters people who remember him. She wants to find her son's hill.
- DirectorCaroline KeyKim Kyung-mookCombining documentary with experimental video, Grace Period documents the activities of female sex workers in the Yeongdeungpo red-light district in Seoul, South Korea. Facing constant police crackdowns and the threat of permanent closure following the opening of a massive shopping complex adjacent to their workplaces, the women of Yeongdeungpo band together in protest. Archival footage, mostly shot by the women themselves, shows their collective efforts as they organize with other sex workers from brothels across the country. In creative and daring acts of resistance, they launch a series of demonstrations that trace a lineage to Korea's democratic union movements of the 1980s-- denouncing the government and corporate interests, demanding decriminalization, and declaring their rights as workers.
- DirectorHayoun KwonThe village is freely inspired by a north Korean propaganda village: Kijong-dong. Hayoun Kwon reveals a place-setting and invites us into a fiction as if she was doing the trip by proxy. This film testifies to this ghost town in its true state: the fiction mechanisms. The reality of a border against his stating. This village can only be reached within our imagination.
- DirectorHayoun KwonStarsChristiane Cavallin CarlutBakary DialloLorenzo MbiahouIn Nigeria, to be a twin can be a blessing or a curse. The father of O is the village chief, a witch doctor who believes in the curse of twins. One day, this witch doctor tried to kill his two sons during a ritual ceremony: O managed to escape but saw his brother being murdered. Having fled across his country, he succeeded, by chance, in leaving Nigeria and going into exile in France. In this context, he applied for asylum but his application was refused because he could not produce any proof...
- DirectorYang Ik-joonStarsKim KkobbiHwan LeeYang Ik-joonA bitter loan shark strikes a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father.