13 Korean Films Head to London

 

Joseon Era battle drama The Fortress has been invited to open this year’s 2nd London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF), which kicks off on October 19th. This year’s LEAFF competition will include HUH Jung’s horror film The Mimic, LEE An-gyu’s KIM Hye-soo gangster thriller A Special Lady, KO Bong-soo’s wrestling indie Loser’s Adventure and the documentary Dancing with Jikji from WOO Kwang-hoon and David Redman.

Featuring LEE Byung-hun, KIM Yun-seok and PARK Hae-il in the lead, the film chronicles the King of Joseon’s retreat to the Namahansanseong Fortress, where he and his advisors faced a siege by the Qing Dynasty. The latest production by Silenced (2011) and Miss Granny (2014) director HWANG Dong-hyuk, The Fortress bows in Korea on October 3rd, just in time for this year’s Chuseok holiday season.

Other Korean films will take part in the ‘LEAFF Selection’, such as LEE Joon-ik’s Anarchist from Colony, RYOO Seung-wan’s The Battleship Island and PARK Hoon-jung’s V.I.P., while the ‘Stories of Women’ strand will feature KIM Jong-kwan’s The Table and CHO Hyunhoon’s Jane. 

This year’s festival focus turns its eye to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and will feature LEE Yong-sun’s I’ll Just Live in Bando, KIM Kwang-bok’s The End of April and JEON Kyu-hwan’s THE END, as well as several shorts.

Related People

• KIM Yun-seok
• KIM Jong-kwan
• KIM Hye-soo
• RYOO Seungwan
• PARK Hae-il
• PARK Hoon-jung
• LEE Byung-hun
• LEE An-kyu
• LEE Joonik
• JEON Kyu-hwan
• HWANG Dong-hyuk
• LEE Yong-sun
• HUH Jung
• KO Bong-soo
• CHO Hyun-hoon
• KIM Kwang-bok
• Woo, Kwang Hoon

Related Films

• Silenced 2011
• Miss Granny 2014
• The Mimic 2017
• Jane 2017
• The Battleship Island 2017
• The End of April 2017
• V.I.P. 2017
• The Table 2017
• The Fortress 2017
• Dancing with Jikji 2017
• Loser's Adventure 2018
• Anarchist from the colony 2017
• I'll Just Live in Bando 2018
• THE END 2018

Related Company

• Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN) http://www.bifan.kr/