The 2014 edition of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, run by Far East Asian film purveyor Terracotta Distribution, has invited a trio of new Korean films to screen in London next month. The festival will feature the period yarn The Face Reader, the North Korean spy film Commitment and the controversial indie Moebius. All three will screen in the Current Asian Cinema section.

 

HAN Jae-rim’s The Face Reader, his third film after Rules of Dating (2005) and The Show Must Go On (2007), was a big hit during the Chuseok holiday last fall. Starring SONG Kang-ho, the film brought in over 9.1 million viewers.

 

PARK Hong-soo’s Commitment features idol star CHOI Seung-hyun (also known as T.O.P. from the group Big Bang) as a young North Korean spy posing as a South Korean high school student. The film was sold to various markets across the US, Europe and Asia.

 

KIM Ki-duk’s Moebius stoked some controversy when it took three submissions to get approved by the Korean Media Ratings Board, eventually making some minor cuts. The film was first screened out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival last August.

 

The Terracotta Far East Film Festival will take place from May 23rd to June 1st.