An online talk to go with the recent online short film screenings. Online talk with directors Kim Soy and Kim Kkobbi Thursday 1 April 2021, 12:00 – 13:30 BST Venue online; register via EventBrite An online talk with Underground Salon directors Kim Soy and Kim Kkobbi, part of our Spring KFN season exploring short film … [Read More]
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Festival film review: This Charming Girl
Lee Yoon-ki (이윤기) This Charming Girl (여자, 정혜, 2004, 99 mins). Review by Robert Cottingham. You know how people talk about reality TV, even though there is nothing ‘real’ about it? Well, if you wanted to see actual reality, the sheer day-to-day mundane-ness of the average person’s life, then this film is the closest you … [Read More]
Breathless: can there be any escape from the cycle of violence?
Breathless (똥파리) is Yang Ik-june’s debut feature, in which he is also lead actor, and the film has deservedly won numerous awards. As the film opens, a man is beating up his girlfriend in the street. To the rescue comes Sang-hoon, played by Yang, who subdues the offender only to turn to the woman and … [Read More]