The London Korean Film Festival – 2018 Preview –

That sound you can hear is the South Korean filmmaking boom, still echoing around the globe. For lovers of cinema that’s politically engaged, formally challenging and still in its relative infancy, the annual London Korean Film Festival offers a bounty of exciting options. This year’s celebration is the most expansive and diverse yet, folding sidebars on shorts, animation and artist film into the, about a woman on the cusp of penury who decides to reconnect with the members of her long-defunct band. Malene Choi’s , looking at Korean diaspora while fusing elements of fact and fiction, closes out the festival, but here are some of the great things happening in between…