By Chuchie Ledesma
You’ve watched all 16 episodes of Yumi’s Cells 2 and you have been at the front and center of BamBam and Lapillus’ mall tours in Manila. You’ve feasted on bibimyeon, tteokbokki, and samgyupsal so often that you can whip up your own.
What’s a Korean pop culture experience without treating yourself to world-class movies to cap off your indubitably daebak month?
Ayala Malls’ Feed Your Seoul celebration brought Korean Film Festival: Seoul Spotlight, which aimed to bring the best of South Korean culture to Filipinos. Jumpstarting the event was a special screening of the romance-mystery Decision To Leave by Cannes Film Festival Best Film Director winner, Park Chan-Wook. This movie’s also South Korea’s official submission at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d’Or.
Romance-mystery not your cup of tea? Here are some of the movies from the lineup that you might want to make a beeline for: The Policeman’s Lineage starring Choi Woo-Shik; Ashfall starring Ma Dong-Seok and Bae Suzy; Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 starring Jung Yu-Mi and Gong Yoo; and The Golden Holiday, a comedy film set in the Philippines, featuring our very own Mon Confiado.
Glorietta, TriNoma, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, Centrio, Ayala Malls Capitol Central, and Ayala MarQuee Mall participated in Korean Film Festival: Seoul Spotlight, which ran from September 20 to 27.
Among those in attendance during the opening were esteemed Korean Culture Center Director Im Young A, and film directors Jeffrey Hidalgo, Dennis Marasigan, Easy Ferrer, Bobby Bonifacio, Jr., and RC Delos Reyes. Also present at the event were actors Eric Ejercito, Elijah Canlas, and Miles Ocampo, rising artists Joaquin Canlas, Rob Deniel, Silas, and Valfer, along with other Viva artists.