Up Coming Film Events & News

The Korean Film Night: Year of the 12 Directors

The KCCUK Film night has extended to four screenings per month, with special monthly Q&A screening featuring some of Korea's leading directors.

The KCCUK kick this special year off with a a look at director Lee Myung-se with four screenings of the director's work culminating with a Q&A with the director himself.

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Lee Myung-se Q&A

The KCCUK Film Night has now been extended to four screenings per month, with the final screening of the month taking place at cinema venues across London and featuring special Q&A screenings with Korea's leading Film Directors.

We kick off this extra special year with a look at the work of Director Lee Myung-se with three screenings at the KCCUK (Tickets Free: Booking Required) followed by the final screening of the month featuring a Q&A with the Director himself. (Details + Ticket Prices below).

The Screening/Q+A on January 26th with Director LEE will be hosted Dr. Daniel Martin. (At Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus, Ticket: 10.00 GBP/ Student 8.00 GBP. Tickets for the screening can be booked via the Apollo website).

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2011 Festival Review

The 2011 London Korean Film Festival was an overwhelming success. In total, the Festival saw audience figures rise by 17.4% with a total of 4,753 visitors.

9 films including:  'War of the Arrow', 'Late Autumn' and 'Yellow Sea’ all sold out almost immediately. The buzz that grew around the Festival this year was very strong, with a staggering 260 news articles and online media covering both the Festival and Korean pop culture in the UK.

The London Korean Film Festival 2011 has extended its scale and built a broad spectrum of events for audiences to engage in including a K-Pop concert, a cinema Masterclass and the Korean Cinema Forum along with the screenings themselves. Korean cinema is growing a fan base across the UK and this year films were also screened in Sheffield, Cambridge and Newcastle to great acclaim.

The London Korean Film Festival 2011 has come to an end. It has been an amazing three weeks jam packed with a variety of films, interesting Q&As, insightful cinema forums, and a SHINee concert! This year’s festival continued to highlight the very best Korean cinema and included the ambitious Ryoo Seung-wan retrospective, showcasing his complete filmography.

We’ve received a lot of positive feedback and we hope you have been inspired by the festival and continue to watch and love Korean films. As you may know, we will screen fortnightly Korean film nights on the second and the fourth Thursdays of every month at the Korean Cultural Centre. We would like to warmly thank all who have joined us to watch films, the filmmakers, guests, and all those who have worked to make the festival a success this year. If you are already missing the atmosphere of the events, you can check out our youtube video and great flickr photos online. We will see you all next year and once again thank you for your passionate support!