Here’s the full schedule of the London Korean Film Festival 2013 for you to optimise your viewing pleasure in the coming fortnight. Full details on the festival’s official website, www.koreanfilm.co.uk/.
| Time | Title | Theme | Runtime | Venue |
| Screenings in London and Kingston Od = Odeon; Cur = Curzon WE = West End; CG = Covent Garden; PS = Panton Street; So = Soho; Ki = Kingston |
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| Thursday 7 November | ||||
| 7:00pm | Hide and Seek – Huh Jung, 2013 (15) + Q&A with actor Son Hyun-joo and Tony Rayns (Thriller) | Opening Gala | 107mins | Od WE |
| Friday 8 November | ||||
| 6:15pm | Mai Ratima – Yoo Ji-tae, 2013 (18) (Romance) | Panorama | 126mins | Od PS |
| 7:00pm | Day Trip (Drama / Fantasy, PARKing CHANce, 19mins, 2012) | Jury (Drama / Comedy, Kim Dong-ho, 24 mins, 2012) | Ongoing Smile (Documentary, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 52 mins, 2012) + Q&A with director Kim Dong-ho and Tony Rayns | Shorts | 95mins | Od CG |
| 8:45pm | Code Name: Jackal – Bae Hyung-joon, 2012 (15) (Comedy) | K-Comedy | 107mins | Od PS |
| Saturday 9 November | ||||
| 1:45pm | Rough Play – Shin Yeon-shick, 2013 (18) (Drama) | Panorama | 98mins | Od PS |
| 2:00pm | Pororo: The Racing Adventure – Park Yeong-gyoon, 2013 (U) (Children’s) | Animation | 77mins | Od CG |
| 2:00pm | Public Enemy Returns – Kang Woo-suk, 2008 (15) (Thriller) | Retrospective | 127mins | KCCUK |
| 4:00pm | Miracle in Cell 7 – Lee Hwan-kyung, 2013 (15) (Comedy, Drama) | Hits | 127mins | Od PS |
| 4:30pm | Bolts & Blip – Peter Lepeniotis, 2012 (U) (Children’s) | Animation | 77mins | Od CG |
| 4:30pm | Bhikkhuni – Lee Chang-jae, 2013 (U) (Documentary) | Rayns’s Choice | 104mins | Od PS |
| 7:00pm | Kim Ji-woon shorts: One Perfect Day (Romance, 34 mins, 2013) | Heavenly Creature (Sci-fi drama, 34 mins, 2012) | Present (Thriller 30 mins, 2009) | Coming Out (Horror, 45 mins, 2000) + Q&A with Kim Ji-woon | Shorts | 143mins | Od CG |
| 8:45pm | Mise en Scene Short Films 1 | Shorts | 124mins | Od PS |
| Sunday 10 November | ||||
| 2:00pm | Secretly, Greatly – Jang Cheol-soo, 2013 (15) (Action) | Hits | 123mins | Od CG |
| 2:00pm | How to use guys with secret tips – Lee Won-suk, 2013 (15) (Comedy) | K-Comedy | 116mins | Od PS |
| 2:00pm | Two Cops – Kang Woo-suk, 1993 (15) (Action, Comedy) | Retrospective | 110mins | KCCUK |
| 4:30pm | South Bound – Im Soon-rye, 2013 (15) (Comedy / Drama) | Rayns’s Choice | 121mins | Od CG |
| 4:30pm | The Red Scarf – Shin Sang-ok, 1964 (War) | Classics | 100mins | Od PS |
| 6:30pm | Montage – Jeong Keun-seob, 2013 (15) (Thriller) | Hits | 120mins | Od CG |
| 6:30pm | Silmido – Kang Woo-suk, 2003(15) (Drama, Thriller) | Retrospective | 135mins | Od PS |
| 8:45pm | Pluto – Shin Su-won, 2012 (15) (Drama) | Panorama | 114mins | Od CG |
| Monday 11 November | ||||
| 6:30pm | The Marines who Never Returned – Lee Man-hee, 1963 (War) + Introduction from Mark Morris | Classics | 110mins | Cur So |
| 7:00pm | Flu – Kim Sung-woo, 2013 (15) (Action, Drama) + Q&A with Kim Sung-woo | Hits | 121mins | Od CG |
| Tuesday 12 November | ||||
| 4:00pm | Korean Cinema Forum with directors Kang Woo-suk and Kim Sung-soo and critics Tony Rayns and Oh Dong-jin | Talk | 90mins | KCCUK |
| 6:00pm | Public Enemy – Kang Woo-suk, 2002 (18) (Thriller) + Q&A with Kang Woo-suk, actor Sol Kyung-gu and critic Oh Dong-jin | Retrospective | 138mins | Cur So |
| Wednesday 13 November | ||||
| 6:00pm | Behind the Camera – E J-yong, 2013 (12) (Mockumentary) + Q&A with E J-yong and actress Youn Yuh-jung | In front of the camera | 85mins | Cur So |
| 6:00pm | Hope – Lee Joon-ik, 2013 (12) (Drama) + Q&A with actor Sol Kyung-gu | In front of the camera | 122mins | Od CG |
| 8:45pm | Mise en Scene Short Films 2 | Shorts | 124mins | Od PS |
| Thursday 14 November | ||||
| 6:30pm | Piagol – Lee Kang-cheon, 1955 (War) | Classics | 110mins | Cur So |
| 6:30pm | Fatal – Lee Don-ku, 2013 (18) (Drama) | Panorama | 103mins | Od PS |
| 7:30pm | Fist of Legend – Kang Woo-suk 2013 (18) (Action) + Q&A with Kang Woo-suk | Retrospective | 153mins | Od CG |
| 7:30pm | Hope – Lee Joon-ik, 2013 (12) (Drama) + Q&A with actor Sol Kyung-gu | In front of the camera | 122mins | Od Ki |
| 8:45pm | Moss – Kang Woo-suk, 2010 (18) (Thriller) | Retrospective | 163mins | Od PS |
| Friday 15 November | ||||
| 7:00pm | Boomerang Family – Song Hae-sung, 2013 (15) (Comedy) + Q&A with director Song Hae-sung, actors Yoon Je-moon and Youn Yuh-jung, and Tony Rayns | Closing Gala | 112mins | Od WE |
| Screenings in Oxford (at Odeon Oxford George Street) | ||||
| Saturday 16 November | ||||
| 2:00pm | Hope Lee Joon-ik, 2013 (12) (Drama) | |||
| 4:30pm | Boomerang Family – Song Hae-sung, 2013 (15) (Comedy) | |||
| Sunday 17 November | ||||
| 2:00pm | Fist of Legend (18) + Q&A with Kang Woo-suk (Action) Kang Woo-suk 2013 | |||
| Screenings in Bradford (at Odeon Leeds-Bradford) | ||||
| Monday 18 November | ||||
| 6:30pm | Hide and Seek (Thriller) Huh Jung, 2013 | |||
| Tuesday 19 November | ||||
| 6:30pm | Secretly, Greatly (15) (Action) Jang Cheol-soo, 2013 | |||
| Wednesda7 20 November | ||||
| 6:30pm | Mai Ratima (18) (Romance) Yoo Ji-tae, 2013 | |||
| Screenings in St Andrews (at NPH Cinema) | ||||
| Thursday 21 November | ||||
| 5:45pm | Pluto (15) (Drama) Shin Su-won, 2012 | |||
| Friday 22 November | ||||
| 1:45pm | Rough Play (18) (Drama) Shin Yeon-shick, 2013 | |||
| 3:45pm | Secretly, Greatly (15) (Action) Jang Cheol-soo, 2013 | |||
Enjoy the difficult decisions!
I got to see Hide and Seek at Dragon*Con this year. That is one creepy movie. It stil gives me the chills.
I’m certainly going to get to see that one. Looking forward to it – and many others too!
Jason Bechervaise: I strongly recommend HOW TO USE GUYS…. PLUTO, and HOPE. BEHIND THE CAMERA, SOUTH BOUND and HIDE AND SEEK also def worth seeing.