Film from Her, Film for All
10 Female-Directed Korean Films
July 1 ~ July 31, 2021
Please note, that The World of Us (우리들) is only available to watch online from July 12 to July 25th.
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The Korean Cultural Center in New York is excited to announce Film from Her, Film for All, a special screening of 10 films by Korean female directors, that will be screened from July 1 to July 31.
10 films across various genres by female film directors have been selected for this program as we celebrate the way in which they have paved their own paths in Korean cinema.
Many of the films selected for this special screening bring light to the underprivileged in society, resist a male-dominated gaze, and tell stories that celebrate the experiences of women.
Movie List
Available from July 1 to 31, 2021
All films are in Korean with English subtitles
These ratings are by the Korea Media Rating Board
The World of Us
(우리들)
Director:Yoon Ga-eun (윤가은)
Cast: Choi Soo-in, Seol Hye-in, Lee Seo-yeon
Running Time: 95 min
Genre: Crime Drama
Release Year: 2016
Rating: Film suitable for all ages (전체관람가)
At an age when perhaps friends mean more than moms, 10 year-old Sun is an outcast at school. During summer vacation, she meets Jia, who is new to town. As Sun shows Jia around the neighborhood and they play at each other's houses and share secrets, they become best friends. However when the new semester starts, Jia notices a strange vibe between Sun and the other kids. Jia tries to get into the cool kids group and starts to distance herself from Sun. Inside the complex and delicate world of children, the two girls end up hurting and getting hurt by each other.
Please note, that The World of Us (우리들) is only available to watch online from July 12 to July 25th.
New Year Blues
(새해전야)
Director: Hong Ji-young (홍지영)
Cast: Kim Kang-woo, Yoo In-na, Yoo Yeon-suk, Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Dong-hwi, ChenDu-ling, Yeom Hye-ran, Sooyoung, Yoo Teo
Running Time: 114 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2021
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
4 different couples spend 1 romantic week over New Year’s Eve. Both coming out of failed marriages, Ji-ho and Hyo-young are not open to the possibilities of new love. Heartbroken after being dumped, Jin-ah heads to the other side of the world and encounters Jae-hun who also has left Seoul behind. Yong-chan and Yaolin are an international couple soon to get married, but their already-growing marriage blues begin to get worse as Yong-chan is swindled out of his wedding savings. A Paralympic snowboarder Rae-hwan pops a question to his long-time girlfriend Oh-wol. They are a perfect match in each others’ eyes, but not in others’ points of view.
Go Back
(고백)
Director:Seo Eun-young (서은영)
Cast: Park Ha-seon, Ha Yoon-kyung, Gam So-hyun
Running Time: 99 min
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2021
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
Ji-won, a motivated new police officer, is strangely bothered after meeting O-sun, a social worker who has a strong attachment to help abused children. On a hot summer day, a kidnapper sends a mysterious message saying, “If you want to save the kidnapped child, donate money to the welfare center” and the incident becomes a national concern. Ji-won doubts the link between the case and O-sun, but when the kidnapped child Bora’s father is found dead and Bora also disappears, Ji-won begins to suspect O-sun...
More Than Family
(애비규환)
Director:Choi Ha-na (최하나)
Cast: Krystal Jung, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Deok-mun, Lee Hae-young
Running Time: 108 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2020
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
College student To-il, who is a five-month pregnant ahead of her marriage, goes to her hometown to find her biological father, whom she hasn’t seen since the age of seven. After returning to Seoul, To-il’s mom, stepdad, and biological father join forces to find the groom-to-be who has gone missing on the day of the meeting between the bride and groom families.
DIVA
(디바)
Director:Jo Seul-yeah (조슬예)
Cast: Shin Min-a, Lee Yoo-young
Running Time: 84 min
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Release Year: 2020
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
Skills, beauty, fame, “Diving Diva” Lee-young has it all. To help her old best friend Su-jin out, Lee-young changes her main event to synchronized diving. But while getting ready for the Olympics, Su-jin and Lee-young get into a freak car accident in which Su-jin disappears without a trace. Lee-young survives, but loses her memory. Lee-young slowly regains her memory of that terrible night, and her iron will begins to shake on the diving board.
Little Forest
(리틀포레스트)
Director: Yim Soon-rye (임순례)
Cast: Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Moon So-ri
Running Time: 103 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film suitable for all ages (전체관람가)
Hye-won grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside. After a year of living in the countryside with her old friends, Hye-won finally realizes what she has always been searching for. Based on an original story by Igarashi Daisuke, which has been nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Culture Award, one of the top 3 comic awards in Japan, this adaptation is created in director Yim Soon-rye’s warm conceptualization of Korea’s beautiful nature and various foods.
Stand by Me
(덕구)
Director: Bang Soo-in (방수인)
Cast: Lee Soon-jae, Jung Ji-hoon, Jang Gwang, Seong Byeong-suk
Running Time: 92 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film suitable for all ages (전체관람가)
Duk-gu is 70 years old and living with a young grandson. When Duk-gu finds out that he doesn’t have much time left to live, he decides to find someone to replace him for his precious grandson.
Will You Be There
(당신 거기 있어 줄래요)
Director:Hong Ji-young (홍지영)
Cast: Kim Yoon-seok, Byun Yo-han, Chae Seo-jin, Kim Sang-so, Ahn Se-ha, Park Hye-soo, Kim Ho-jeong
Running Time: 111 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2016
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
Soo-hyun saves the life of a little girl and receives ten mysterious pills from the girl’s grandfather. The movie jumps back thirty years to the time that Soo-hyun was still a medical student and shows Soo-hyun and his then girlfriend Yeon-ah, who were very much in love. With the pill’s help, Soo-hyun travels back in time and meets his younger self. The movie illustrates what it means to love and to live with the choices one makes in the name of love.
Missing
(미씽: 사라진 여자)
Director: Lee Eon-hui (이언희)
Cast: Uhm Ji-won, Gong Hyo-jin
Running Time: 100 min
Genre: Mystery
Release Year: 2016
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
Ji-sun is living and raising her child by herself after her divorce. One day, Ji-sun returns from work and realizes that both her daughter and the nanny have disappeared without a trace. The police only suspect her to be putting on a show to keep custody of her child. The whereabouts of her daughter falls deeper into a mystery with a suspicious man wandering about her house. Ji-sun is left to face the shocking truth that everything about the nanny was a lie.
Cart
(카트)
Director:Boo Ji-young (부지영)
Cast: Yum Jung-Ah, Moon Jeong-Hee, Kim Young-Ae, Kim Kang-Woo, Do Kyung-Soo, Chun Woo-Hee, Ji-Woo
Running Time: 110 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2014
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.
Sun-Hee is a mother of two children. She has worked as a contract worker for a large discount store for the past 5 years. Sun-Hee has been promised numerous times that she would eventually be promoted to a regular full-time employee. Hye-Mi is a single mother and works with Sun-Hee as a contract worker. Soon-Rye works as a janitor at the same discount store and is also a contract worker. One day, the contract workers learn that they will be dismissed.