The nomination sees director Ryoo Seung-wan follow in the footsteps of famed filmmakers Bong Joon-ho ( Parasite), Kim Jee-woon ( The Age of Shadows) and Lee Chang-dong ( Burning), after his previous effort The Battleship Island ended 2017 as one of the country’s most popular. LKFF’s Opening Gala film has already been selected as the country’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, which makes it an ideal entry point to the festival. November 4, Regent Street Cinema / November 21st, Manchester HOME To top it off, it will also be hosting the UK premiere of the film that South Korea has officially nominated to go to the 2021 Academy Awards.īefore these mercurial works hit the screens this month, we rounded up eight unmissable highlights from the festival’s programme. Now in its 16th edition, it promises a wealth of outstanding works both new and old that mark South Korea as one of the world’s leading film industries, with strands on controversial director Im Sang-soo, Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung and Women’s Voices among the highlights. Now, as the post-summer months get chillier, we’ve flocked to the cinemas to watch essential queer Korean films via Queer East Film Festival, and a breadth of cult and contemporary works at Leicester Square’s always-impressive London East Asia Film Festival.īut the best might still be yet to come, as the biggest programme dedicated to Korean cinema outside of the country itself arrives in the UK in November via the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF). Nor should we forget that Youn Yuh-jung became the first Korean actor in history to win an Academy Award in April for Minari. Nobody needs reminding of how popular Squid Game has been on Netflix since its release in September – but for the sake of clarity, it’s officially the most-watched Netflix show of all time, having reached over 142 million households. In 2020, South Korean filmmaking officially went mainstream when Parasite scooped four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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