The Korean Embassy and Korean Cultural Center in UAE present the Korean Film Festival 2022 . This year, the opening film "Escape from Mogadishu" will be followed by an exciting lineup with various genres of Korean film.
A total of 9 films will be featured at the five-day festival, which runs from June 29 to July 3, under the theme "Family on Screen." These films will offer a window into the lives of Korean families and their societies.
The films "Miracle: Letters to the President" "The House of Us" and "Sinkhole" will remind people of the meaning of family, which may be more cherished since the COVID-19 pandemic.
"House of Hummingbird" and "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" will encourage us to listen to the voices of most vulnerable members of our families and share our thoughts to overcome the social issues together.
We believe that these films will captivate the heart of all audiences with relatable family stories of love, conflict and healing.
We wish you a wonderful time exploring the Korean Film Festival 2022!
RYOO Seung-wan | 2021 | 121 min | 15+ | Action, Drama
In the late 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea breaks out on the African continent over the latter's campaign to join the United Nations.
In 1991, Somalia's capital Mogadishu is engulfed in civil war, leaving the South Korean diplomats trapped. The North Korean embassy, meanwhile, faces the same situation.
Risking their lives, they embark on a joint escape.
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Miracle: Letters to the President
30 June (Thu), 7 pm
LEE Jang-hoon | 2021 | 116 min | 12+ | Drama
In 1988, a 17-year-old genius teenage boy Joon-kyung lives in a village where there is no train station when the only way to get in and out is by train. Dreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. La-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the President.
The House of Us
1 July (Fri), 5 pm
YOON Ga-eun | 2019 | 91 min | PG | Drama, Family
During her summer break, Hana wishes to go on a family trip with her family. Although the family argues every day, Hana believes everything will be like how it used to be if she could take her family on a vacation. One day, Hana encounters Yoomi and her younger sister Yoojin whose parents are always out of town. Yoomi and her sister also struggle to secure their home from their landlord who is trying to kick them out. By providing emotional support to each other, Hana, Yoomi and Yoojin try even harder to save their homes.
Sinkhole
1 July (Fri), 7 pm
KIM Ji-hoon | 2021 | 113 min | 12+ | Comedy
An ordinary office worker Dong-won and his family move into a house he bought after years of saving. Overwhelmed with happiness, he invites his colleagues to a housewarming party, but heavy overnight rain leads to a gigantic sinkhole, and in a mere minute, it swallows up the entire apartment and the people inside. Hundreds of meters down the hole, Dong-won, his neighbor Man-su, and the unfortunate housewarming party guests must find their way out. Rain starts to pour down, filling the sinkhole with water, giving them very little time to get back to the surface.
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
2 July (Sat), 3 pm
KIM Do-young | 2019 | 118 min | 12+ | Drama
Based on the best-selling novel, KIM Ji-young is an ordinary Korean woman in her 30s who is often distressed by her everyday life as a full-time mom and housewife. Although being married to the man she loves and the struggle of raising a baby girl have forced her to give up on many things, Ji-young believes she is content in life. However, her husband, Dae-hyeon, notices that life is hitting Ji-young harder than she realizes.
Granny Poetry Club
2 July (Sat), 5 pm
KIM Jae-hwan | 2019 | 100 min | PG | Documentary
The grannies from Chilgok memorized the multiplication table in Japanese and lived their entire lives illiterate in Korean. These grannies from Chilgok had given everything for their children's education despite the backbreaking burden and workload. Then one day a Korean school opened in their village and sparked a fire in their hearts. As they learned the Korean alphabet, they became literary ladies who see poetry in everything in the world. “Poems here. Poems there. Poems are all over the place.”
LEE Jong-pil | 2020 | 110 min | 12+ | Drama
In mid ‘90s when sexual and academic discriminations were rampant, 3 young female office workers, Ja-young, Yu-nah, Bo-ram, are shunned by their company and are only given insignificant chores due to the fact that they only have high school diplomas. One day, Ja-young is sent to a factory in the country on an errand and by chance witnesses its waste water being poured into the river. She’s convinced that the company is into shady dealings, and together with her 2 friends, they go on a hunt to find irrefutable evidence.
KIM Bora | 2019 | 138 min | 15+ | Drama
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Seoul in 1994, a lonely 14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Deprived of attention from her family, she roams the neighborhood with her best friend, attempts romantic relationships with both girls and boys alike and is sent to the hospital with an unclear diagnosis. When Young-ji, a new teacher, arrives, she becomes the first adult Eun-hee feels really understands her.
LEE Sang-geun | 2019 | 103 min | 12+ | Comedy, Drama
Yong-Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and has to rely on his parents just to get by. For his mother’s 70th birthday, he insisted on having the party at Dream Garden because his old crush, Eui-Ju works there. When a disaster strikes, covering an entire district in Seoul with mysterious white gas, he has to use all of his rock-climbing skills with the help of Eui-Ju to get everyone to safety.
