6 films to headline 2013 Korean Film Festival in PH

Scenes from “Masquerade,” “Dancing Queen,” “A Werewolf Boy” and “Sunny.” (Photos by www.newsen.com and www.hancinema.net)

Six popular Korean movies will headline the 2013 Korean Film Festival in the Philippines, which will run from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10 in Manila, Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

Films that will be screened for free at this year’s festival are “Green Days,” “Masquerade,” “Sunny,” “A Werewolf Boy,” “Deranged” and “Dancing Queen.”

“Green Days” is an animated film released in South Korea in 2011 about Yi-Rang, a track runner; Soo-Min, a pretty transfer student from Seoul; and Chul-soo – all oh whom are working towards their dreams. The characters were voiced by stars Park Shin-hye, Song Chang-eui and Oh Yeon-soo. The movie was shown at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.

“Masquerade” is an award-winning film starring Lee Byung-hun of the “G.I. Joe” fame and Han Hyo-joo that was released last year. Lee Byung-hun plays the dual roles of King Gwang-hae and court jester Ha-sun. It won the best film awards at the 2012 Grand Bell Awards and the 2013 Baeksang Arts Awards.

“Sunny” is about the story of seven girls whose friendship dates back in high school. Chun-hwa, one of the girls, is terminally ill and asks Na-mi to get together the old members of Sunny for the last time before she dies. The movie’s director, Kang Hyeong-cheol, won as best director at the 2011 Grand Bell Awards and 3rd KOFRA Film Awards.

Stars Song Joong-ki and Park Bo-young headline the fantasy-romance movie “A Werewolf Boy,” which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. It became the third top-grossing film in Korea in 2012.

In “Deranged,” panic grows across the country as an epidemic of suicides occur where the victims jump into the river. The alarmed government declares a state of emergency. Medical supplies salesman Jae-hyuk suspects his family is showing symptoms of the drowning victims and through his brother, detective Jae-pil, they search for the antidote to such.

In “Dancing Queen,” the wife of the Seoul mayoral candidate was a Dancing Queen, formerly a popular talent whose chase for her dreams came to an abrupt stop when her husband, Hwang Jung-min, decided to run for office. The movie goes through the journey of Uhm Jung-hwa as she balances her life as a wife of a political candidate and as a leader of the Dancing Queen.

According to the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, the Korean Film Festival will start at SM Megamall with screenings scheduled from Sept. 26-29, to be followed at SM Iloilo from Sept. 26 to 29, SM Cebu from Oct. 3-6 and SM Lanang in Davao from Oct. 10-13.

The 2013 Korean Film Festival will be held in cooperation with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the Korea Tourism Organization-Manila (KTO), Korea Copyright Commission, SM Cinema, SM Cinema Megamall, SM Cinema Lanang and LG. Admissions are free.

6 films to headline 2013 Korean Film Festival in PH

Source: Mb.com.ph (September 07, 2013 at 10:53AM)

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