IFFR 1997

Jang Sun-Woo

Chronological documentary report of Jang's quest for the identity of South Korean cinema.

Jang Sun-woo retrospective

Gilwe ui younghwa

Moving, imaginative film version of a novel by Ko Un is a fictional biography about a leader of a Buddhist sutra.

Hwa-om-kyung

Chang Sun-woo

Jang's latest film is a metaphorical investigation - through events in the life of a nameless woman - of the traumatic Kwangju bloodbath in 1980.

Kyotip

Salacious contemporary social satire exposes the dark side of the nineties in a masterful way.

Neoege narul bonenda

Masterful film about a contemporary relationship between a man and woman who were lovers in Paris and have now returned to Korea.

The Road to the Racetrack

Sun-Woo Wan

Jang and his example Sun-Woo made films about religion, politics and/in the city of Seoul. They emerged from the Korean underground and were banned by the censor for two years.

Seoul Jesu

Jang's début is a rough satire about the consumer society, in which super salesman Kim turns a failing company into market leader.

Songgong sidae

Warm tragi-comedy about a forbidden relationship in an outer suburb and the embarrassing social consequences.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025