Korean Cine Experience 2013 at Korean Cultural Center, A-25, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6th, 7th & 8th December 2013

Time : 
6th December : 6:30 pm
7th and 8th December : 12:30 pm onwards

Schedule : Click here to view the schedule

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : Korean Cultural Center, A-25, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
Venue Info : india.korean-culture.org | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Moolchand(Violet Line)'
Phone:011 4334 5000

Event Description : The Korean Cultural Centre, India in association with Cinedarbaar is organizing Korean Cine Experience 2013. 
The festival is a treat for cinephiles which will bring the best of the Korean cinema, from auteur driven cinema to popular gangster movies genre to romantic drama to documentaries. The opening film of the festival is Barking Dogs Never Bite by Joon-Ho Bong, starring: Doona Bae,  Sung-jae Lee,  Hie-bong Byeon who has become a major contemporary figure of Korean Cinema. It is a black comedy film which won a Fipresci Award at the Hong Kong Film Festival in 2001. Korean Cine Experience 2013 also marks the culmination of Indo-Korean 40th Diplomatic Year celebrations.

For the past decade, the Korean film industry has enjoyed a renaissance and gained immense popularity in the pop culture. With innovative storytelling and visceral effects, Korean films not only have been commercially viable in the domestic and regional markets but also have appealed to cinephiles everywhere in the international festival circuit. This event is the rarest of the opportunity for the Indian audience to enjoy the Korean movies under a single roof.
Korean Gangster movies have gained immense popularity and many Korean films have been adapted in Hollywood productions. This festival will explore this genre through three films naming  Breathless by IK-Joon Yang, Rough Cut by Hun Jang and Show Must Go On by Jae-Rim Han One can also experience the performance of Song Kang-ho in Secret Sunshine and Show Must Go On who has become a representative symbol of the male actor in the Korean film industry.

The three-day long festival will showcase 7 Korean films to celebrate Korean Cinema in New Delhi. All films will be followed by an interactive sessions to explore the themes and styles of different auteurs and quizzes and exciting prizes will be given away. A session called Indian remakes of Korean films is a session about Indian films “inspired by” or “based on” Korean films, the legalities of this practice and how they are adapted for Indian audiences. Focus will be on films like: Zinda - Remake of Old Boy, Ugly aur Pagli - Remake of My Sassy Girl, Awarapan - Remake of A Bittersweet Life. 

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