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At this year’s Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), eight Korean films are scheduled to be screened. Founded in 1983, the festival is having its 31st edition this year, which will be held from April 23rd until the 30th.

 

Out of the eight films invited, three of them are feature length films while five are shorts. The feature films are all programmed in the International Showcase section and they include Cat Funeral by LEE Jong-hun, How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) by Josh KIM, and The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol by LEE Sang-ho and AHN Hae-ryong.

 

Cat Funeral is about a couple that involuntarily meets after a break-up when the cat they adopted together passes away. The awkward rendez-vous of the old lovebirds is peppered with flashbacks as they travel to the countryside to bury their feline friend. The film stars a member of the K-pop group Super Junior, KANG In, as well as rising star PARK Se-young.

 

A co-production between Korea, Thailand and US, Josh KIM’s How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) is a drama about a young boy who had to play chess in order to save his bigger brother. The film encompasses the subject of homosexuality, coming-of-age, as well as a social critique of the draft system in Thailand.

 

The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol is a controversial documentary, which captures the aftermath of a national trauma that happened last year, when a ship sank off the coast of Korea, that ended up taking many lives.

 

In the Shorts Programs, Lucretia Stinnette’s Quyen is about a woman who tries to adapt to her new life Korea after moving to the country through an arranged marriage. Shut by HONG Sun-young is about a woman who suffers from sensorineural hearing loss. Sniper’s Observation Method by KIM Yun-ha is about the conflict a renowned sniper goes through as he realizes his target is trying to commit suicide; while Thicker Than Water by LEE Seung-yeob is about a mother and a vampire son who face a problem when they run out of blood. Lastly, Trio by YOO Dae-eol is features a musical encounter that a man experiences.