Four films and two shorts from South Korea showcased at Terracotta festival

Published on 2012/04/14 | Source

The Terracotta Far East Film Festival, London's premier festival celebrating Asian film, returns to the Prince Charles Cinema and will run from 12th-15th April 2012.

Terracotta Far East Film Festival is an annual event which aim is to widen the audience for Far Eastern film in the UK and to further promote this genre to existing film fans.
For this year's 4th edition, the festival aimed to emphasize the leading position and diversity of Korean cinema and will feature a panel of 4 films from different genre including blockbuster "My Way, Kim Ki-duk's "ARIRANG - Movie" and a Double Bill of Korean hit comedies.
For the occasion, we are launching a new Korean Breakfast Club and Terracotta Festival are proud to host the European premiere of "Dancing Queen" and International Premiere of "Couples" where there will be kimbap on sale in the intermission.

We are delighted to be able to show "Dancing Queen" so close after its successful release earlier in February and those familiar with the K-pop scene will enjoy a few cameo from the music industry such as Singer Lee Hyori and Leessang member Gil have a cameo as judges on the reality talent show "Superstar K".

Both comedies are very different and unique:

"Dancing Queen" is a feel-good comedy and Korea's first big movie hit of the New Year that satirizes the reality of Korean politics and cheerfully depicts the characters' struggles as they attempt to realize their dreams.
A comedy about a middle-aged married couple who each pursue their lost dreams, with two very talented main leads: Hwang Jung-min as a Seoul mayoral candidate and Uhm Jung-hwa as his wife who still hasn't given up her dream to become a singer.

"Couples" is a multi-character, multi-stranded comedy, starts with a distraught Yoo-suk, after his girlfriend Na-ri suddenly disappears in a café. Desperate, he enlists his friend, a private detective to help find her. While searching for her he finds himself constantly bumping into a mysterious girl, Ae-yeon. As the two of them strike up an unlikely rapport, his estranged girlfriend Na-Ri makes a sudden appearance...

From director Jeong Yong-ki ("Descendants of Hong Gil-dong, "Dll Master" and the "Marrying the Mafia" franchise), "Couples" is a smart comedy that tracks various couples and their personal struggles, love and destiny through a tapestry of narratives that are, in some ways or another, linked in comical and serendipitous ways.

"For those who like cleverly constructed, boxes-within-boxes light comedies, "Couples" is the charm" FILM BUSINESS ASIA

All Korean films in Terracotta Far East Film Festival Programme:

12th April – 20.35
""My Way" Opening Film [Kang Je-G-gyu I South Korea 2011 I UK premiere]
A Korean man and a Japanese man meet as enemies, but become each other's hope. Based on the true event of a Korean discovered among the bodies on D-Day and portrays WWII from an East Asian point of view

13th April – From 20:45 –Part of TERROR COTTA Horror Movie Marathon
"Mother, I Love You" [HONG Young-geun I South Korea 2009]
One of the six episodes from the movie "The Neighbor Zombie"
"Metamorphoses" [OH Inchun I South Korea 2011]
Is There Anybody Out There? [Erlend Palm I U.K. 2011]
"A young woman" (Kim Kkobbi) is trapped in a filthy toilet cubicle.

14th April – 12.00
"ARIRANG - Movie" [Kim Ki-duk I South Korea 2011 I UK premiere]
Kim Ki-duk's long anticipated documentary about his self-imposed exile and solitude.
Winner of 'Un Certain Regard' Award at Cannes Festival 2011.

15th April – 12.15
Korean Breakfast Double Bill
"Couples" [Jeong Yong-ki I South Korea 2011 I International premiere]
A cross between rom-com and caper movie with overlapping stories and multiple deceptions.

15th April – 14.15
Korean Breakfast Double Bill
"Dancing Queen" [Lee Seok-hoon, South Korea 2012, European premiere]
A comedy about a middle-aged married couple who each pursue their lost dreams.

Venue: Prince Charles Cinema
Tickets:
£8.00
£7.00 (concessions)
£6.50 (PCC Members)
Festival Pass £60 (No concessions, excludes Terror Cotta Horror Night)
Terror-Cotta Horror Triple Bill £18 (£17.50 PCC Members)
Box Office: Tel: +44 (0)20 7494 3654 ‎

About Terracotta
Committed to bringing quality and entertaining Far East films to the UK.
Releases by Terracotta Distribution include the multi-award winning Breathless directed by Yang Ik-june and forthcoming Korean titles to be released will be "ARIRANG - Movie" and Enemy at the Dead.
A new imprint label TERROR COTTA devoted to Asian horror and thrillers was launched with "Death Bell".
Terracotta Far East Film Festival is an annual event which aim is to widen the audience for Far Eastern film in the UK and to further promote this genre to existing film fans.
For further information: www.TerracottaDistribution.com

Terracotta Far East Film Festival full programme:
12th April
"My Way" – Opening film [Kang Je-gyu I South Korea 2011| War Action I UK premiere]

13th April
ONE MILE ABOVE [Du Jiayi I China 2011 I Drama | UK premiere]
RETURN TO BURMA [Midi Z I Taiwan, Burma 2011| Drama |UK premiere]
UFO IN HER EYES [Guo Xiaolu I China 2011 I Comedy | UK premiere]
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL [Goro Miyazaki I Japan 2011 I Anime | UK premiere]
TERROR-COTTA HORROR MOVIE MARATHON [Gyo, The Grudge, Zombie 108]

14th April
"ARIRANG - Movie" [Kim Ki-duk | South Korea 2011 I Documentary | UK premiere]
THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN [Shuichi Okita I Japan 2011 I Comedy | European premiere]
MONSTERS CLUB [Toshiaki Tokoda I Japan 2011 I UK premiere]
SEEDIQ BALE [Wei Te-sheng I Taiwan 2011 I War Action | UK premiere]

15th April
"Couples" [Jeong Yong-ki I South Korea 2011 I Comedy | International premiere]
"Dancing Queen" [Lee Seok-hoon I South Korea 2012 I Comedy | European premiere]
INSEPARABLE [Dayyan Eng I China 2011 I Black Comedy | European premiere]
HIMIZU – closing Film [Sion Sono I Japan 2011 I Drama | UK premiere]

About Prince Charles Cinema
From cult festivals to the latest box office hits, the Prince Charles Cinema is the heart of independent film in London. The Prince Charles Cinema is located at 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BY.
http://www.princecharlescinema.com