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New Zealand again plays host to the 4th Korean Film Festival which this year has expanded its screening locations to Christchurch.  The festival, which is a biannual event is run by the Korean Cinerama Trust and was set up to raise awareness of Korean films and consolidate the film production relationship that the two countries share.  Both Korea and New Zealand signed a Co-production Film Treaty in 2008.

 

This year’s Korean Film Festival will focus on five blockbuster films that were released over the last couple of years.  First up is Haeundae (2009), perhaps the biggest blockbuster of the last few years and the reigning number one at last year’s box office. Also of note is IM Sang-soo’s remake of KIM Ki-young’s 1960 classic The Housemaid.   Other films include one of a host of films to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean war, LEE Jae-han’s 71-Into The Fire, sexually charged period drama A Frozen Flower (2008) and drama Harmony about a woman in a prison who begins a choir. 

The nationwide festival kicks off November 25 and will play the five films over a 3-day period wrapping up November 28.

 

David Oxenbridge