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Festival coverage

London Korean Film Festival

26 October – 19 November 2017

The Day After opened the festival
The Day After opened the festival

The London Korean Film Festival will run from October 26 to November 19. It opened with Hong Sang-soo's The Day After and close with Kim Dae-hwan's The First Lap. This year the festival will also have a special focus on Korean noir. In addition to the features, a selection of shorts and events including masterclasses will also run.

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  • New World
    Review preview for New World

    Achieving a delicate balance between the intersecting worlds of police, criminals and corporations, New World is a breath of fresh air.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After the untimely death of Korea’s biggest crime syndicate chairman, power struggle between top lieutenants begins.
  • The Outlaws
    Review preview for The Outlaws

    This Korean action thriller is cut from the same sort of cloth as that favoured by Johnnie To and, if it's not quite up there with the Hong Kong great's best, it's still got plenty of style.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A hard-boiled cop takes on a gang of violent gangsters.
  • Green Fish
    Review preview for Green Fish

    Although having noir elements, Green Fish is a slippery critter when it comes to classification.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A young man finds himself caught up in a Korean gang.
  • A Bittersweet Life
    Review preview for A Bittersweet Life

    All it does is liberally steal pieces from superior films and cobble them together without realising just why those movies worked.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    A tale of revenge, infidelity and gangland warfare in South Korea.
  • Nowhere To Hide
    Korean action thriller that almost makes up in style what it lacks in substance.