Korean Film Festival goes back to Budapest with 24 movies and 3 checking out directors

Nowadays, Korean movie theater has to do with a lot more than Parasite or Squid GameWhat is possibly less noticeable behind these global successes is simply how varied the nation’s movie scene actually is. Arranged by the Korean Cultural Centerthe 19th Korean Film Festival sets out to display precisely that variety, with this year’s program constructed around 4 areas: Fresh, Faces, Focus and Extra.

Television Everything Begins with a Child King

The celebration opens on 25 September with Chang Hang-jun’s historic drama The King’s WardenEmbed In 15th-century Joseon, the story follows the head of a bad mountain town who hopes his neighborhood may succeed by taking in a banished nobleman. There is simply one catch: the guy turned over to his care is no normal worthy, however Yi Hong-wi, the young king who has actually been required from the throne.

The historic drama was a significant success in South Korea, drawing in more than 16 million cinemagoers by April following its February release. It likewise won the Audience Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival and got a number of Baeksang Arts Awards.

Television Love, Family Secrets and Demon Hunters

The Fresh area is maybe the very best location to see simply how hard it is to specify modern Korean movie theater by any single category.

In Heartman: Rock and Lovea previous artist’s puppy love all of a sudden comes back in his life. In The Uglyhuman remains found after forty years triggered an examination into a household’s past, while Task Y follows 2 females who run the risk of whatever on a hazardous strategy. At the other end of the spectrum is Holy Night: Demon Huntersin which a trio with supernatural powers should conserve Seoul from a criminal organisation that worships the devil.

Television What Is It Like to Be a Child in Yoon Ga-eun’s World?

This year’s Deals with area turns the spotlight on the movies of Yoon Ga-eun. The director is especially thinking about youth and teenage years, however not in an idealised variation of them. In her movies, relationships break down, households deal with crises, and young characters find far prematurely what it indicates to seem like an outsider.

4 of her works will be evaluated at the celebration, consisting of The World of Lovewhich had its opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival, along with The World of United States and Your Home of United States

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Television From Gwangju to Budapest– by Electric Car

In this year’s Focus: On the Road choice, everybody is heading someplace– although where they wind up might not be where they initially meant to go.

The movie with the most direct connection to Hungary is 3 Gen. JourneyA grandpa, a daddy and 2 kids take a trip from Gwangju to Budapest by electrical cars and truck throughout 80 days. In other places in the choice, a household heads to Gyeongju searching for vengeance, 2 complete strangers triggered into the unidentified together, and another household starts one last journey, just to discover a long-held trick along the method.

Festivalgoers will likewise have the possibility to satisfy 3 Korean directors face to face. Tune Jinuk and Jang Kunjae will participate in CineTalk occasions on 26 September, followed by Lee Seonyeon on 27 September. The post-screening discussions will be kept in Hungarian and Korean.

Television 5 Films from Jeonju

The Additional area provides 5 movies chosen by the celebration’s main partner, the Jeonju International Film Festival. The choice uses a glance into a less familiar side of Korean independent movie theater, checking out relationships, monetary insecurity, household ties and historic injury.

Enduring the Same Season traces the memories of a relationship throughout 4 seasons, while Sleeping disorders challenges a young couple with a harsh ethical issue after they lose all their cost savings in a real estate rental fraud. 2 acclaimed filmmakers will likewise remain in Budapest personally: Jang Kunjae will satisfy audiences after the screening of Spring Snowwhile Lee Seonyeon will discuss her launching function, The Summer That Slipped Away

Among the most unique movies in the choice is the documentary HoroomonThe history of a now-popular Japanese meal is carefully linked with the past of the Korean minority living in Japan. Starting with something as daily as food, the movie opens a much bigger story about identity, exemption and a century of historic memory.

Television Conserving the Zombie for Last

The celebration closes on 2 October with the funny My Daughter is a ZombieThe property sounds familiar enough: a break out starts and somebody develops into a zombie. This time, nevertheless, that somebody is a girl– and her dad declines to quit on her.

He takes her to the countryside to stick with her granny, conceals her from the outdoors world and tries to teach her how to be human once again. Adjusted from a popular webtoon, the movie playfully turns the conventions of the zombie category on their head while informing, at its heart, a story about the relationship in between a dad and his child.

Audiences will as soon as again have the ability to elect their preferred movie throughout the celebration, with the Audience Award provided before the screening of the closing movie.

Occasion: 19th Korean Film Festival
Dates: 25 September– 2 October 2026
Location: Corvin Cinema (1082 Budapest, Corvin köz 1.)
Tickets: Offered from 10 September online by means of Corvin Cinema and at the movie theater ticket office
More info: koreaifilmfesztival.hu

The celebration’s Facebook occasion page is offered here

Images included in this press release are courtesy of the Korean Cultural. The program undergoes alter. The organisers schedule the right to make modifications to the program.

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