The 20th London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) returns from 5–18 November 2025, featuring Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, a Special Screening, and Dramas of Resistance: The 80th Anniversary of Liberation, a programme co-organised with the Korean Film Archive. You can find the official press release launching the festival here.
Below you’ll find a summary of the screenings in the festival. We’ll update the list below as we hear more details – for example, we usually expect a discussion forum and a selection of shorts, which haven’t yet been announced.
| Date / time | Screening | Strand | Venue |
| Wed 5 Nov 6:30pm | Frosted Window (Dir: Kim Jong-kwan, 2025, 80mins) + Q&A with Director Kim Jong-kwan and Actor Yeon Woo-jin | Opening Gala | BFI Southbank |
| Thu 6 Nov 6:15pm | Hero (Dir: Youn JK, 2022, 120mins) | Dramas of Resistance | Cine Lumiere |
| Thu 6 Nov 6:30pm | The Meryl Streep Project (Dir: Park Hyo-sun, 2024, 103mins) | Womens Voices | ICA |
| Fri 7 Nov 6:20pm | Hi-Five (Dir: Kang Hyoung-chul, 2025, 119mins) | Special Screening | Cine Lumiere |
| Fri 7 Nov 8:45pm | The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Dir: Kim Jee-woon, 2008, 130mins) | Dramas of Resistance | ICA |
| Sat 8 Nov 3:00pm | Shades of the Heart (Dir: Kim Jong-kwan, 2021, 82mins) + Q&A with Director Kim Jong-kwan, Actor Yeon Woo-jin | Special Screening | KCCUK |
| Sat 8 Nov 4:30pm | Time to Be Strong (Dir: Namkoong Sun, 2024, 99mins) | Cinema Now | ICA |
| Sat 8 Nov 6:30pm | The Land of Morning Calm (Dir: Park Ri-woong, 2024, 113mins) | Cinema Now | ICA |
| Sun 9 Nov 1:30pm | Silver Apricot (Dir: Jang Man-min, 2024, 121mins) | Cinema Now | ICA |
| Sun 9 Nov 3:00pm | The Informant (Dir: Kim Seok, 2024, 104mins) | Cinema Now | BFI Southbank |
| Sun 9 Nov 7:00pm | SAVE (Dir: Bang Mi-ri, 2025, 113mins) | Womens Voices | ICA |
| Tue 11 Nov 6:20pm | Red Nails (Dir: Hwang Seul-gi, 2024, 86mins) | Womens Voices | BFI Southbank |
| Wed 12 Nov 8:30pm | 3670 (Dir: Park Joon-ho, 2025, 124mins) | Cinema Now | BFI Southbank |
| Thu 13 Nov 6:10pm | Commission (Dir: Shin Jea-min, 2024, 113mins) | Cinema Now | BFI Southbank |
| Fri 14 Nov 8:45pm | YMCA Baseball Team (Dir: Kim Hyun-suk, 2002, 104mins) | Dramas of Resistance | ICA |
| Sat 15 Nov 11:45am | Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (Dir: Lee Joon-ik, 2016, 110mins) | Dramas of Resistance | BFI Southbank |
| Sat 15 Nov 8:45pm | Somebody (Dir: Kim Yeo-jung, Lee Jung-chan, 2025, 112mins) | Cinema Now | ICA |
| Sun 16 Nov 3:15pm | Break the Chain (Dir: Lee Man-hee, 1971, 95mins) | Dramas of Resistance | BFI Southbank |
| Tue 18 Nov 6:30pm | Harbin (Dir: Woo Min-ho, 2024, 113mins) | Dramas of Resistance / Closing Gala | BFI Southbank |
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