Maybe in the printed programme for this year’s festival there will be a one-pager with times, venues and titles to help you plan your viewing, and to help you choose which screenings you have to ditch because of scheduling clashes. But we can’t find such a useful resource as yet on the festival website itself. So we’ve created it for you.
London Korean Film Festival 2022
Here’s your at-a-glance no-clicks-required version of the detailed schedule for this year’s London Korean Film Festival:
| Time | Title | Strand | |
| RSC = Regent Street Cinema | ICA = Institute of Contemporary Arts | PHC = Picturehouse Central | GC = Garden Cinema | CL = Ciné Lumière | Gen = Genesis Cinema | Rio = Rio Cinema | |||
| Thursday 3 November | |||
| 6:30pm | ICA | Alienoid + Q&A (외계+인, 2022, 142 mins) Dir: Choi Dong-hoon Cast: Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri, So Ji-sub, Yum Jung-ah, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Eui-sung, Lee Ha-nee, Shin Jung-geun, Lee Si-hoon Genre: Action, Epic, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
Opening gala |
| Friday 4 November | |||
| 5:00pm | V&A | The Thieves + Q&A (도둑들, 2012, 139 mins) Dir: Choi Dong-hoon Cast: Kim Yoon-suk, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Hye-soo, Jun Ji-hyun, Oh Dal-soo, Kim Su-hyeon Genre: Action, Crime, Drama |
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| 6:45pm | ICA | The Surrogate Woman (씨받이, 1986, 95 mins) Dir: Im Kwon-taek Cast: Kang Soo-yeon, Lee Goo-soon, Yun Yang-ha, Kim Hyung-ja, Bang-hee Genre: Drama, Historical, Period Drama |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| Saturday 5 November | |||
| 3:00pm | Rio | Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, 2022, 98 mins) Dir: Kwon Soo-kyung Cast: Son Ho-jun, Lee Kyu-hyung Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
Cinema Now |
| 6:00pm | ICA | The 2nd Repatriation (2차 송환, 2022, 156 mins) Dir: Kim Dongwon Genre: Documentary, Social |
Documentary |
| 8:30pm | GC | The Hill of Secrets (비밀의 언덕, 2022, 122 mins) Dir: Lee Ji-eun Cast: Moon Seung-a, Jang Sun, Lim Sun-woo, Kang Gil-woo, Jang Jae-hee Genre: Drama, Family |
Indie Talents |
| Sunday 6 November | |||
| 2:30pm | ICA | Come Come Come Upward + Q&A (아제아제 바라아제, 1989, 120 mons) Dir: Im Kwon-taek Cast: Kang Soo-yeon, Jin Yeong-mi, Yu In-chon, Han Ji-il, Chon Moo-song Genre: Drama |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| 5:20pm | ICA | Rainbow Trout (송어, 1999, 100 mins) Dir: Park Jong-won Cast: Kang Soo-yeon, Hwang In-seong, Sul Kyoung-gu, Kim Se-dong, Lee Eun-ju Genre: Romance, Thriller |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| 6:00pm | Rio | Women’s Voices Shorts x Seoul International Women’s Film Fest Dear Chaemin (채민이에게, Dir: Bae Cyan, 2021, 18 mins) Dear Kimsisters in 1959 (1959년의 김시스터즈 – 숙자, 애자, 민자 언니들에게, Dir: Jeon Chae-lin, 2020, 17 mins Nipple War 3 (젖꼭지 3차대전, Dir: Paek Siwon, 2021, 23 mins) Special Scholarship (특별장학금, Dir: Yang Yoon-Jung, 2021, 27 mins) |
Women’s Voices |
| Monday 7 November | |||
| 6:30pm | KCC | Celebrating Kang Soo-yeon (Special Focus Forum) Speakers: Kim Dong-ho (founder of Busan International Film Festival), Kim Hong-joon (director of Korean Film Archive), Darcy Paquet (programmer ‘Indie Talent’, film critic and English-language subtitle translator (Broker, Parasite) Moderator: Mark Morris, programmer ‘Special Focus’. |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| Tuesday 8 November | |||
| 6:30pm | ICA | The Road to the Race Track + Q&A (경마장 가는 길, 1991, 138 mins) Dir: Jang Sun-woo Cast: Kang Soo-yeon, Moon Sung-keun, Kim Bo-yeon Genre: Drama |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| 8:45pm | Gen | Hot in Day, Cold at Night (낮에는 덥고 밤에는 춥고, 2021, 90 mins) Dir: Park Song-yeul Cast: Park Song-yeul, Won Hyang-ra Genre: Drama |
Indie Talents |
| Wednesday 9 November | |||
| 8:45pm | Gen | Hot Blooded (뜨거운 피, 2022, 120 mins) Dir: Cheon Myeong-kwan Cast: Jung Woo, Kim Kap-su, Choi Moo-sung, Ji Seung-hyun, Lee Hong-nae Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Noir |
Cinema Now |
| 8:45pm | ICA | A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea (절해고도, 2021, 110 ins) Dir: Kim Mi-young Cast: Park Jong-hwan, Lee Yeon, Kang Kyung-hun, Park Hyun-suk, Chung Su-bin, Jang Jun-whee Genre: Drama, Family |
Indie Talents |
| 8:45pm | Rio | Coming to you (너에게 가는 길, 2021, 93 mins) Dir: Byun Gyu-ri Cast: Nabi, Vivian Genre: Documentary, LGBTQI+ |
Women’s Voices |
| Thursday 10 November | |||
| 6:30pm | Gen | Contorted (뒤틀린 집, 2021, 91 mins) Dir: Kang Dong-hun Cast: Seo Yeong Hee, Kim Bomin, Kim Min-Jae Genre: Horror |
After Dark |
| 8:30pm | PHC | Broker + Q&A (브로커, 2022, 129 mins) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joo Young Genre: Crime, Drama, Family |
Special |
| 8:50pm | Gen | The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra + Cashbag (다섯 번째 흉추, 2021, 87 mins) Dir: Park Syeyoung Cast: Park Jihyeon, Moon Hyein, Haam Seokyoung Genre: Experimental, Fantasy, Horror |
After Dark |
| Friday 11 November | |||
| 6:00pm | GC | Shorts x Jeonju International Film Festival – Part 1 In the Dry Stream (유빈과 건, Dir: Kang Ji-Hyo, 2022, 26 mins) Wunderkammer 10.0 (분더카머 10.0, Dir: Ki Yelim, Park Soyun, Jung Inwoo, 2021, 31 mins) Transit (트랜짓, Dir: Moon Hyein, 2022, 28 mins) Light It Up at 2am (새벽 두시에 불을 붙여, Dir: Yoo Jongseok, 2022, 19mins) |
Jeonju Shorts |
| 8:30pm | GC | Shorts x Jeonju International Film Festival – Part 2 Framily (그렇고 그런 사이, Dir: Kim In-Hye, 2022, 29 mins) Layers of Summer (겹겹이 여름, Dir: Paek Siwon, 2022, 34 mins) 29th Breath (29번째 호흡, Dir: Kook Joong-Yi, 2022, 27 mins) Trade (트레이드, Dir: Kim Min-Ju, 2021, 28 mins) |
Jeonju Shorts |
| 9:00pm | PHC | Seire (세이레, 2021, 102 mins) Dir: Park Kang Cast: Seo Hyun-woo, Ryu Abel, Sim Eun-woo Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery |
After Dark |
| 11:30pm | Rio | Guimoon: The Lightless Door (귀문, 2021, 85 mins) Dir: Sim Deok-geun Cast: Kim Kang-woo, Kim Sohye, Lee Jung Hyoung, Hong Jin-gi Genre: Horror, Mystery |
After Dark |
| Saturday 12 November | |||
| 6:00pm | PHC | Kingmaker (킹메이커, 2021, 123 mins) Dir: Byun Sung-hyun Cast: Sul Kyoung-gu, Lee Sun-kyun, Yu Jae-myeong, Jo Woo-jin, Park In-hwan Genre: Drama |
Cinema Now |
| 8:35pm | CL | Return to Seoul (리턴 투 서울, 2022, 119 mins) Dir: Davy Chou Cast: Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Émeline Briffaud Genre: Drama |
Cinema Now |
| Sunday 13 November | |||
| 2:00pm | Rio | I am More (모어, 2021, 81 mins) Dir: Lee Il-ha Cast: Mo Jimin, Evgeny Shtefan, John Cameron Mitchell Genre: Documentary, LGBTQI+, Social |
Documentary |
| 3:00pm | PHC | Through My Midwinter (그 겨울, 나는, 2021, 100 mins) Dir: Oh Seong-ho Cast: Kwon Da-ham, Kwon So-hyun Genre: Drama, Romance |
Indie Talents |
| 5:30pm | CL | Meet the filmmaker – Kim Jung-eun (Gyeong-ah’s Daughter) | Women’s Voices |
| 7:00pm | CL | Gyeong-ah’s Daughter + Q&A (경아의 딸, 2022, 117 mins) Dir: Kim Jung-eun Cast: Kim Jung-young, Ha Yoon-kyung, Park Hye-jin Genre: Drama |
Women’s Voices |
| Monday 14 November | |||
| 6:30pm | PHC | Director’s Intention (영화의 거리, 2021, 77 mins) Dir: Kim Min-geun Cast: Han Sun-hwa, Lee Wan Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Cinema Now |
| Tuesday 15 November | |||
| 3:00pm | KCC | Masterclass with director Kim Han-min | |
| 6:30pm | PHC | The Anchor + Q&A (앵커, 2022, 111 mins) Dir: Jeong Ji-yeon Cast: Chun Woo-hee, Lee Hye-yeong, Shin Ha-kyun Genre: Mystery, Thriller |
Cinema Now |
| 6:30pm | CL | Melting Icecream (멜팅 아이스크림, 2021, 70 mins) Dir: Hong Jinhwon Cast: Park Seunghwa, Seo Younggul, Lee Jeongyong, Lim Hyungjoo Genre: Artist Film, Documentary, Experimental, Social |
Documentary |
| Wednesday 16 November | |||
| 8:30pm | CL | Girls’ Night Out (처녀들의 저녁식사, 1998, 101 mins) Dir: Im Sang-soo Cast: Kang Soo-yeon, Jin Hee-kyung, Kim Yeo-jin, Cho Jae-hyun, Kim Kwang-soo, Sol Kyung-gu Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Kang Soo-yeon |
| 8:30pm | RSC | The Admiral: Roaring Currents + Q&A (명량, 2014, 126 mins) Dir: Kim Han-min Cast: Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Jo Jin-woong, Kim Myung-kon, Jin Goo, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Yul Genre: Action, Drama, Epic, Historical, War |
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| Thursday 17 November | |||
| 7:00pm | RSC | Hansan: Rising Dragon + Q&A (한산: 용의 출현, 2021, 129 mins) Dir: Kim Han-min Cast: Park Hae-il, Byun Yo-han, Ahn Sung-ki, Son Hyun-joo, Kim Sung-kyu, Kim Sung-kyun, Kim Hyang-gi, Ok Taec-yeon Genre: Action, Drama, Epic, Period Drama, War |
Closing gala |
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