Movies showing at the Korean Film Festival 2022 - in pictures


  • ‘Escape from Mogadishu’ (2021) was South Korea's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. All photos: Korean Cultural Centre
    ‘Escape from Mogadishu’ (2021) was South Korea's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. All photos: Korean Cultural Centre
  • ‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ (2019) stars Jung Yu-mi as the title character.
    ‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ (2019) stars Jung Yu-mi as the title character.
  • 'Granny Poetry Club' (2019) is a documentary that follows South Korean grandmothers who are illiterate in Korean.
    'Granny Poetry Club' (2019) is a documentary that follows South Korean grandmothers who are illiterate in Korean.
  • 'Sinkhole' (2021) was South Korea's sixth-highest-grossing film of 2021.
    'Sinkhole' (2021) was South Korea's sixth-highest-grossing film of 2021.
  • ‘Miracle: Letters to the President’ (2021) is based on a true story of a family in the 1980s who lived in a roadless remote area of South Korea.
    ‘Miracle: Letters to the President’ (2021) is based on a true story of a family in the 1980s who lived in a roadless remote area of South Korea.
  • 'House of Hummingbird' (2019) won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
    'House of Hummingbird' (2019) won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
  • 'Samjin Company English Class' (2020) stars Ko Asung, Esom and Park Hye-soo.
    'Samjin Company English Class' (2020) stars Ko Asung, Esom and Park Hye-soo.
  • 'Exit' (2019) was South Korea's third-highest-grossing domestic film in 2019.
    'Exit' (2019) was South Korea's third-highest-grossing domestic film in 2019.
  • 'The House of Us' (2019) stars Kim Na-yeon, Kim Si-ah and Joo Ye-rim as the young leads.
    'The House of Us' (2019) stars Kim Na-yeon, Kim Si-ah and Joo Ye-rim as the young leads.