Five Feature World Premieres in Canada

 

 

The Montreal World Film Festival(MWFF), which kicks off on August 27th, will feature a dozen Korean films, including eight features, five of which will be world premieres.

 

Among previously released films, MWFF has invited a trio of features that debuted at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last year. Those include IM Heung-soon’s documentary Factory Complex, which picked up the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale, KIM Myeong-joon’s Strangers on the Field, another documentary, and the transgender indie drama Half, from director KIM Se-yeon.

 

Having their world bows in Canada will be the mystery film No Tomorrow, the sophomore work of Azooma (2012) director LEE Ji-seung, SO Jae-ick’s thriller It’s Really Kind of You, dramedy My sister, the pig lady, from A Day For An Affair (2007) helmer JANG Moon-il, YANG Chan-seok’s high school drama Our Last Summer, and CHOI Seung-yeun’s thriller Su saek.

 

Also screening in Montreal will be the shorts Disappearance by JANG Jun-yeop, CHOI Byung-kwon’s Scouting Report, LEE Seung-yeob’s Thicker than Water and JEONG Seung-hui’s Fabric Cosmos.

 

The 39th MWFF will run until September 7th.

Related People

• KIM Se-yeon
• LEE Ji-seung
• JANG Moon-il
• JUNG Seung-hee
• KIM Myeong-joon
• SO Jae-ick
• IM Heungsoon
• CHOI Seung-yeon
• JANG Jun-yeop
• YANG Chan-seok
• LEE Seung-yeob

Related Films

• A Day For An Affair 2007
• Azooma 2013
• Strangers on the Field 2015
• My sister, The Pig Lady 2015
• Half 2014
• Factory Complex 2015
• Fabric Cosmos 2015
• Thicker than Water 2015
• Scouting Report 2015
• Su saek 2016
• Our Last Summer 2014
• It's Really Kind of You 2015

Related Company

• Busan International Film Festival http://www.biff.kr