The Asia Film Fest which in 2007 held a KIM Ki-duk retrospective is this time focusing on Korean master director PARK Chan-wook. The retrospective will play 4 of his films from J.S.A. (2000), Oldboy (2003), Sympathy for Lady Vengance (2005) through to I'm a Cyborg but that's OK (2006). Director PARK's Thirst which premiered to rave reviews at Cannes and did good business at the box office in Korea will also play in the Korean section. Other films in the Korean section include current films Chaw, The Sword with No Name, A Frozen Flower (2008), KIM Jee-woon's The Good, The Bad and The Weird (2008) and Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine. Also of note, playing in the Special Presentation section is Blood: The Last Vampire staring Korean Gianna Jun.
The Asia film festival which began in Munich in 2004 has enjoyed a 10% growth rate in audiences every year. It begins this year October 28 through to November 8 and then moves to Berlin opening November 13 wrapping up on the 15th.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
