Filipinos who love Korean films are in for a treat as the 2022 Korean Film Festival is slated to launch on August 10!
The 2022 Korean Film Festival (KFF) invites everyone to create wonderful bonds and beautiful memories as it comes back with live screenings after two years.
Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) and Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) welcome everyone to experience Korean films which were released in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic. This special roster of films is a great way to start your journey of building new experiences, creating bonds, and discovering new goals.
2022 Korean Film Festival Lineup
For the first time in two years, these carefully selected films will be shown in selected 5 SM Cinemas around Metro Manila.
The chosen films are as follows:
- Deliver Us From Evil (2020) – Director Hong Wonchan
- Escape From Mogadishu (2021) – Director Ryu Seung-wan
- The Novelist’s Film (2021) – Director Hong Sangsoo
- Miracle Letters To The President (2021) – Director Lee Jang Hoon
- Snowball (2021) – Director Lee Woojung
- The Day I Died (2020) – Director Park Jiwan
- Perhaps Love (2021) – Director Jo Eunji
Where To Watch 2022 KFF
2022 KFF opening ceremony will be held on August 10 at SM Aura Premier at 5 PM for selected audiences. The opening film ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ will be screened at Cinema 2.
The public screening for all 7 films will be available afterwards from August 11 to 14 at SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM City Grand Central, SM North Edsa, SM Southmall. Note that the public screening follows a first come first serve basis.
Further, the opening ceremony will be graced by two Korean film directors, Director Hong Wonchan and Dir. Lee Woojung. The audience will be able to meet and ask questions from them after the opening film screening on August 10.
2022 KFF’s Talk With Filmmakers
But wait, there’s more as there will be a ‘Talk with the Filmmakers’ on August 11, 1:30 PM at the FDCP Cinematheque Centre Manila where these two directors will share the challenges and processes in filmmaking.
Two esteemed Filipino film directors will also join the talks and share their own experiences. This event aims to show the exchanges of both countries’ film industries and to deliver advice and knowledge about film production and filmmaking to Filipino audiences, especially to Filipino film students.
Director Hong Wonchan is prominent among the so-called post-Korean film directors, and he has directed several hit films. Especially the 2022 KFF opening film Deliver Us From Evil attracted almost 4.36 million of Korean moviegoers in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. His debut film ‘Office’ has also been invited to the 68th Cannes Film Festival’s midnight screening in 2015. He also wrote a few of his films and is dedicated to his own craft.
Director Lee Woojung is a promising female independent film director who continues to contribute to the Korean independent film industry. She started her career as an actress after studying theater and film at the university. She directed her first independent short film Neither to die nor to leave in 2012 and began to get more attention through her recent film Snowball.
How To Reserve Slots to 2022 KFF
Interested moviegoers may visit KCC’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, @KCCPhil to reserve slots for the opening ceremony on August 10, talk with the filmmakers on August 11, and public screening schedule from August 11 to 14.
2022 Korean Film Festival is in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Korean Film Council, Korean Tourism Organization Manila Office, and SM Cinema.
PR Source: KCC Philippines
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