Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film Series (2022)

Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre  
Date: 2022.06.24 - 2022.08.13
Price: HK$80 / HK$64*  

Encouraged by the welcoming response from our audiences last year, the Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Seoul Independent Film Festival continue to bring you indie films by Korean women filmmakers! The liberal and ambitious spirit of Korean film development has allowed its creators to explore a great variety of stories and styles, and women are taking the stage to express themselves with films that are more widely available on global film distribution and festival circuits, gaining recognition and enriching different cultures. 

This year, our selection carries on with telling stories of Korean women of different generations and their life choices – overcoming misfortune and stigmas to bring about new discoveries, enlightenments and connections with the hope of addressing realities that do not only involve women, but everyone – such as women’s changing priorities in their role, the phenomenon of holojok (the growing number of people who prefer to be left alone in one-person households), ageism, sexism, labour exploitation, historical tragedies, etc.  

 

Event Schedule

24/6 (Fri)         7:45pm            Ten Months
26/6 (Sun)       3:00pm            Ghost Walk
26/6 (Sun)       7:45pm            Home Away from Home
16/7 (Sat)        2:30pm            Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action
30/7 (Sat)        3:00pm            Sister J
12/8 (Fri)         7:45pm            The Slug
13/8 (Sat)        2:30pm            An Old Lady
13/8 (Sat)        7:30pm            Soup and Ideology

 

For details of each screening in this film series, please click on the months below.  

 

June 2022

Ten Months (Director: Sun Nam-koong)
South Korea | 2020 | 92’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour 
 
Ghost Walk (Director: Yu Eun-jeong)
South Korea | 2018 | 90’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour
 
Home Away From Home (Director: Jee Hye-won)
South Korea | 2021 | 95’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour  
 

July 2022

Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action (Director: Yun Ga-hyun)
South Korea | 2021 | 107’ | In Korean with English Subtitles | DCP | Colour 
 
Sister J (Director: Lee Soo-jung)
South Korea | 2022 | 97’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | B&W/Colour 
 

August 2022

The Slug (Director: Choi Jin-young)
South Korea | 2020 | 99’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour 
 
An Old Lady (Director: Lim Sun-ae)
South Korea | 2020 | 99’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour 
 
Soup and Ideology (Director: Yang Yong-hi)
Japan, South Korea | 2021 | 119’ | In Korean with English subtitles | DCP | Colour

 


Tickets are now available on POPTICKET.hk.

Ticket Price: $80 / $64*

All Access Pass (one ticket each for all 8 screenings with 30% discount, service charge included) - $488

*20% discount for tickets for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, and people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
*20% discount to HKAC members. Ticket holders must present a valid membership card upon admission.
*20% discount for each purchase of 4 or more standard tickets.
*Only one discount offer could be applied to each ticket purchase. 
 
Programme enquiries: 2582 0282
 
Co-presented by: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Seoul Independent Film Festival
 
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Programmes are subject to change without prior notice.

The following measures will be implemented for screenings, to combat the prevailing threat of Novel Coronavirus:

  • All audience must wear face masks and comply with the requirements and restrictions announced by the Government
  • No smoking, eating and drinking. Unauthorised photo-taking, audio and/or video recording is strictly forbidden
  • Staff have the right to deny the admission of any person with temperature higher than 37.5°C
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