Overview of articles
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Man on High Heels
Jang Jin’s fetish actor Cha Seung-Won plays an ultra-macho cop with a deep secret: he wants a sex change. Meanwhile he’s caught between taking down…Published on: -
Murder, Take One
In the near future, Jang Jin suggests, murder trials will be staged as TV shows. An Agatha Christie-like mystery surrounds the murder of a woman…Published on: -
The Recipe
Co-written and produced by Jang Jin, Lee’s second feature is a foodie’s delight. A cynical TV newsman searches for the unique recipe which turns an…Published on: -
Welcome to Dongmakgol
A Korean Shangri-La, Dongmakgol is a mountain village that finds itself hosting stray soldiers from both sides in the Korean War, along with a woundedPublished on: -
Alive
Impressive and challenging story about poverty, inequality and human suffering in today’s South Korea by the maker of Tiger Award-winner JournalPublished on: -
We Are Brothers
Two brothers separated in childhood are brought together as adults – only to find that one is now a Christian pastor and the other a…Published on: -
Set Me Free
Autobiographically inspired feature debut by one of South Korea’s greatest talents is an unusual coming-of-age film. A schoolboy who fled his irresponPublished on: -
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A Midsummer’s Fantasia
In his third feature (in two parts), festival favourite Jang Kun-Jae also presents an alter ego: a Korean director who, in black-and-white, prepares aPublished on: -
My Son
A life-term prisoner is granted a 24-hour parole to see his mother and meet the son he never knew: 24 hours in which he lives…Published on:
