Korean Film Festival at SM Lanang Premier Cinema, Sept. 17-20
Korean film enthusiasts have more on-screen excitement to look forward to as the annual Korean Film Festival showcases seven blockbuster and critically acclaimed films at selected SM Cinemas from September 17 to October 11.
The Korean Embassy’s annual Korean Film Fest will unreel in SM Cinemas at SM Lanang Premier, SM City Iloilo, SM City Cebu, and SM Megamall this September and will feature seven critically acclaimed films.
A joint partnership between the Korean Embassy’s Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines and SM Cinema, the film festival will unreel at SM Lanang Premier in Davao from Sept 17 to 20. This will be followed by screenings at SM City Iloilo from September 24 to 27, and at SM City Cebu from October 1 to 4. The film festival’s culminating event will be on October 8 to 11 at SM Megamall.
Other partners include the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Film Cultural Exchange Program, the Korea Tourism Organization – Manila (KTO), and the Korea Copyright Commission.
The featured films give us a glimpse of Korean history and culture.
The Front, starring Shin Ha-Yyun and Go Soo, is about the connection of two friends despite the emergence of the Korean War in 1950.
The Front Line is a war – action movie that centers on the historical Korean War in 1950s that brought about the division between North and South Korea.
Duresori: The Voice of East the story of a group of traditional Korean music students in their last year of high school and the challenge they are face, gives us an the enriching perspective of Korean music.
Duresori: The Voice of East features a group of traditional Korean music students in their last year of high school who formed a choir to fill a requirement in school.
Other films highlight different aspects of Korean everyday life. Hope, starring Sol Kyung-Gu, Uhm Ji-Won and Lee Re is about a family whose bond was made stronger by the ordeal that their child had to go.
Hope is based on a true story about a family whose bond became stronger because of the ordeal that their child had to go through.
On the lighter side, there is Miss Granny, a story about a woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio.
Miss Granny follows the adventures of a woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio.
… and Marriage Blue, a blockbuster movie about the life of four couples who are about to get married but are faced with doubts about whether this will work.
Marriage Blue is a blockbuster romantic – comedy about four couples who are about to get married but are faced with the question: ‘Is marriage really for them?’
There are also crime and action films such as Cold Eyes, which is about a high-technology police surveillance team’s attempt to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers;
Cold Eyes focuses on a high-tech police surveillance team who attempts to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers.
… and The Thieves– the fourth highest grossing movie in Korean film history – which is about the connection among different kinds of people who are brought together by their love for money.
The Thieves is about a group of people band together to steal from a gangster’s mistress. This is the fourth highest grossing movie in Korean film history.
For more information and queries, please contact the Korean Cultural Center at 555-1711 or email events@koreanculture.ph.
The 2015 Korean Film Festival is one of the many interesting cultural events of SM Cinema.
