Vivek Sharma, 11th Nov. 2022, New Delhi: Korean Cultural Centre India is presenting ‘New Delhi Korean Film Festival’ to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of opening of the culture centre, which will run from 11th November (Friday) till 13th November (Sunday) at the PVR Priya in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.
The festival was inaugurated by Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to India H.E. Chang Jae-bok in the presence of guest of honor Bijayalaxmi Nanda, Principal of Miranda House, University of Delhi.
H.E. Chang Jae-bok said that this Korean Film Festival presents art films by Korean national representative directors who are leading the aesthetics of Korean cinemas in the world. Indian K-Lover and friends can entertain themselves with the treasure box of Korean culture and can explore our inner consciousness world which is decorated with light, water, and dreaming images.
He added, next year is very important for Korea-India bilateral relations as we will celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties. We will hold a series of cultural events. I request our friends to be part the celebration and witness to the new momentum in our bilateral ties continually. This journey and celebration cannot be Korean only, it is Indian culture now. As an ambassador, nothing could be more exciting and appreciating than to see the growth of Korean culture in India. He told that my favorite Indian movies are “Bahubali” and “3 Ideots”.
The journey of Korean culture promotion in India over the past 10 years has been going together with our Korean Cultural Centre India. KCCI has witnessed 10 year journey, birth, toddling, running, jumping, it’s growth. Today, from music to movies, fashion to food, language to life style, Indian people with various age, gender, profession groups have begun loving Korea and Korean culture. Thanks for the dedication and love showered by Indian friends for Korea.
The festival is the first ever Korean Film Festival to be conducted in New Delhi where the audiences will be able to enjoy 10 films during the event.
It will start with the screening of ‘The Handmaiden’ directed by Park Chan-wook. The film focuses on the story of 4 characters with different intentions, and is a fascinating story that expresses the mixed goals, secrets, tense atmosphere where love and desire collide between these characters. The film perfectly showcases the different style of Park Chan-wook’s story telling.
On day 2 of festival, there will be special screenings of ‘Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…Spring’ directed by Kim Ki-duk which depicts the visual beauty of Korea and has a lot of fans in India. It will also have Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’, Oh Sung-yoon’s ‘Leafie, a Hen into the Wild’ that can be considered representative work of Korean Animation, and Yeun Sang-ho’s ‘The King of Pigs’.
On day 3, the screening will include Yeun Sang-ho’s ‘Train to Busan’, Park Hoon-jung’s ‘New World’, ‘Untold Scandal’ by E J-yong that expresses the Korean traditional clothing, props, furniture, and architecture in a very delicate way.
For the first time in India the audience will be able to enjoy the ‘The Novelist’s film’ by Hong Sang-soo.
During 3 day Korean Film Festival, the event venue will form a Korean-themed street, forming an atmosphere of Korean cultural festival. Traditional Korean red & blue color lanterns with streets decorated with lights with a photo zone and hands-on events such as wearing hanbok and traditional fan & laterm making, and booth with local Korean brand companies such as Orion will also be operated.
The films to be screened at the festivals were selected in a variety of ways. The programming was finalised by selecting masterpieces of representative Korean film directors and conducting a public survey through which the audience was able to select the film that they wanted to see at the festival, as well as including multiple animation titles. The audience will be able to enjoy independent and commercial films that they may have never heard of before.
Mr. Hwang Il Yong, Director of Korean Cultural Centre India said “Focusing on the works of directors representing Korea, we have selected films that contain bold yet pictorial discourses on the world of individual thought and will, inner consciousness and unconsciousness. Based on the preposition that the most personal and most Korean thing has proven that it can gain sympathy and universality from all the world since the pandemic, this Korean film festival was also planned under the theme of exploring the inner conscious and unconscious world. The concept of creating a Korean-themed street in connection with the film festival’s planning intention also reflects the theme of invitation to inner consciousness, and the mise-en-scène with the image of light and water, dreaming and intense colors as red, blue, and purple using lanterns and rainwater lighting.”
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