3 – 9 November 2022

The ICA partners once more with the London Korean Film Festival, the UK’s leading showcase of Korean cinema, and the largest Korean film festival in Europe.

The London Korean Film Festival will return to celebrate its 17th year from 3 November – 17 November 2022, featuring 35+ cinema screenings in leading venues around London. The London Korean Film Festival has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the longest running and most respected festivals dedicated to Korean cinema in the world. It has built a name upon presenting line-ups consisting of everything from the country’s most successful blockbusters to thought-provoking independents from its finest auteurs. Across a variety of finely curated strands, LKFF aims to cater for general audiences to committed cinephiles, and everyone in between.

The 17th London Korean Film Festival is organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK with the support of the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism, and Korean Film Council.

Programme:

Thursday 3 November, 6.30pm

Acclaimed director Choi Dong-hoon returns with his biggest project to date, the giddy first installment of an ambitious two-part period drama/sci-fi action offering.

Friday 4 November, 6.45pm

Im Kwon-taek’s 1987 international breakout addresses a love affair between a rich aristocrast and an empoverished servant during the Joseon Dynasty.

Saturday 5 November, 6pm

Kim Dong-won’s latest work examines the lives of long-term  political prisoners hoping for repatriation to North Korea.

Sunday 6 November, 2.30pm

Im Kwon-taek’s 1989 work follows the story of a young girl joining a Buddhist temple to become a nun, after being expelled from school.

Sunday 6 November, 5.20pm

Park Jong-won’s 1999 film follows two self-absorbed couples from Seoul as they decide to spend a weekend in the countryside.

Tuesday 8 November, 6.30pm

Kang Soo-yeon’s 1991 work tells the story of a Korean man who returns home after several years of study in France.

Wednesday 9 November, 8.45pm

Kim Mi-young’s serene and contemplative work portrays drifts, solitude and mysteries in life with a calm voice.