Docs, Indies and Commercial on Show for UK Viewers
The BFI London Film Festival is returning next month for its 2015 edition, which will feature a quartet of films from the Korean peninsula, spanning commercial and independent, and fiction and documentary fare.
Fresh from its Golden Leopard win at the Locarno International Film Festival will be
HONG Sang-soo's latest film
Right Now, Wrong Then, starring
JUNG Jae-young (also a Best Actor winner in Locarno) and
KIM Min-hee. The film will also be seen at the upcoming Toronto, New York and Busan International Film Festivals.
Winding down its release in Korea,
CHOI Dong-hoon’s period action film
Assassination, featuring
Gianna JUN,
LEE Jung-jae and
HA Jung-woo, is also set to grace London screens. The film has been a massive hit at home, where it has garnered 12.51 million admissions (USD 80.38 million), which is the sixth highest ever total for a Korean film.
Joining them will be
SHIN Su-won’s acclaimed independent feature
Madonna, which debuted in the Un Certain Regard lineup at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and the smash hit documentary
My Love, Don’t Cross That River, directed by
JIN Mo-young, the non-fiction work which amassed 4.8 million viewers (USD 34.21 million) late last year, a record sum for an indie film.
The BFI London film festival will open its doors for 12 days on October 7th.