13th Hungary Korean Film Festival to be Held Next Month
Aug 28, 2020
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by HWANG Hee-yun
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The Event Will Run From September 4 to 10 in Budapest
The Hungary Korean Film will be held from September 4 to 10 at the Corvin Cinema in Budapest, Hungary. The festival, which is celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, will open with the film that was the most talked-about title in Korea last year, LEE Byoung-heon’s Extreme Job.
The Hungary Korean Film Festival started modestly in 2008, when it was called Korean Cinema Week, but has grown into the biggest Korean film festival in East-Central Europe, as the response from the public has been very positive with over 80% seats filled every year.
The Koreai Filmfesytival, as it is called in Hungarian, is comprised of the Friss Szekcio (Fresh Section) which presents mainstream films that dominated the conversation during the past year, the Arcok Szekcio (Faces Section), a retrospective dedicated to a filmmaker or actor, the Fokusz Szekcio (Focus Section), which revolves around a specific topic, and the Extra Szekcio (Extra Section), which presents films selected by a guest film critic.
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the film festival announced, “We will block off seats in a zigzag pattern and give masks featuring the Hungarian Korean Film Festival logo to all spectators.” They added, “We are considering offering online screenings later on since we are concerned that reducing by half the number of seats available will decrease the opportunities for people to watch the films.”
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