This double-bill screening features films from South Korean and Hong Kong filmmakers, presenting stories of chance / destined connections against the backdrop of London, a foreign land at once connected and removed from the protagonists’ homelands.
Chinese words 緣 and 連, meaning ‘fate’ and ‘connection’ respectively, correspond to Korean syllables both written as ‘연’.
The event will be followed by a Q&A and a refreshment chit-chat.
Curated by Heeyeon Park
The Continuing Land 이어지는 땅
South Korea | 2022 | Colour | 87’ | In Korean with English subtitles
Dir.: Jo Heeyoung 조희영
Cast: Minjeung Gong 공민정, Hoeryn Jung 정회린, Seil Ryu 류세일, Donghwan Kam 감동환, Seokyung Kim 김서경
Horim picks up a camcorder off a random street in London and watches the footage inside. Not long after, she encounters her ex-boyfriend Donghwan, his new girlfriend Kyungseo, and their friend Yiwon – who is curiously the very woman she saw from the camcorder’s footage. Official selection, Busan International Film Festival 2022.
Traveling on the Night Tube, Thinking About Iced Lemon Tea, Less Sugar 徹夜難眠，想起凍檸茶少甜
UK | 2025 | Colour | 13’ | In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Dir.: Michael Mui 梅廷徽
On a quiet London night, a boy and girl from Hong Kong meet by chance and travel together on the Night Tube, searching for iced lemon tea, less sugar.