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Seasoned directors to grace Korean Film Fest at SM Cinemas

Manila Standard ShowbizbyManila Standard Showbiz
August 3, 2022, 7:20 pm
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The 2022 Korean Film Festival is back at SM Cinemas from August 11 to 14. A total of seven films released in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic will be screened in five SM Cinemas in Metro Manila at SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM City North EDSA, SM City Grand Central, and SM Southmall. 

The 2022 Korean Film Festival will feature seven films released during the pandemic.

All screenings are for free and on a first-come, first-served basis.

A joint project of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, and SM Cinema, this year’s festival unreels at SM Aura Premier on August 10 with no less than Hong Wonchan, director of the festival’s opening film Deliver Us From Evil. He will be joined by another Korean director Lee Woojung whose recent film, Snowball, is also included in the lineup of films for this year’s festival.

‘Deliver Us From Evil’ by Hong Wonchan

Deliver Us From Evil is an action/crime/drama film that follows the story of an assassin who goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed. 

Korean film director Hong Wonchan will grace the 2022 Korean Film Festival’s Opening Night at SM Aura Premiere

The film, directed by Hong Wonchan has attracted almost 4.36 million Korean moviegoers in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. His debut film, Office, has been invited to 68th Cannes Film Festival’s midnight screening in 2015. 

‘Snowball’ by Lee Woo Jung

Snowball, a youth drama film by Lee Woo Jung, narrates how Kang-yi runs away from home with her friends only to find a strange side of themselves while the balance of their friendship also tips in a weird way. 

Lee Woo Jung is a promising independent film director. Her recent film, ‘Snowball,’ is included in the lineup of films for this year’s festival

Director Lee Woo Jung is a promising independent film director who 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 has begun to get more attention through her recent film Snowball.

Escape from Mogadishu by Ryu Seung-Wan

Other festival must-sees include the action-drama film Escape from Mogadishu by Ryu Seung-Wan, drama films Miracle: Letters to the President by Lee Jang-Hoon and The Novelist’s Film by Hong Sang-Soo, the drama-mystery film The Day I Died: Unclosed Case by Park Jiwan, and comedy-romance film Perhaps Love by Jo Eun-Ji.

‘Miracle: Letters to the President’ by Lee Jang-Hoon
‘Perhaps Love’ by Jo Eun-Ji
‘The Novelist’s Film’ by Hong Sang-Soo
‘The Day I Died: Unclosed Case’ by Park Jiwan

The film festival which is also in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Korean Film Council, Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) Manila Office, aims to help moviegoers build new experiences, create bonds, and discover new goals.

Interested moviegoers may visit KCC’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, @KCCPhil to reserve slots for the opening ceremony on August 10 at SM Aura Premier Cinema 2 and for the Talk with the Filmmakers on August 11, 1:30 p.m. at the FDCP Cinematheque Centre Manila.
The Korean Film Festival is one of the many exciting cross-cultural events at SM Cinema.

Tags: 2022 Korean Film FestivalDeliver Us From EvilHong WonchanKorean Cultural Center in the PhilippinesLee Woo JungSM CinemasSnowball
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