New York Korean Film Festival

UPDATE 8/25: The winners of the ticket drawing are anothermixedfob, disbgrace and shl979. Congrats!

UPDATE 8/8: We now have 6 tickets to give away for the Film Festival! We will be gving them away in 3 sets of 2. To enter, please PM julanrouge by Aug 15 with the title "Soompi <3 NYKFF" . I will then randomly pick 3 winners out of a hat and post the winners here.

UPDATE 8/7: I went to this festival about 2 years ago in NY and it BLEW ME AWAY. If you think Korean dramas are intense, wait till you see Korean movies - its like an entire series rolled into 2 hours. Go and check out some movies - you won't regret it! - signed julanrouge ^^

Join us as we celebrate the largest exhibition of Korean cinema in the United States and kick off this year's New York Korean Festival with a star-studded reception and screening at one of New York City's newest and most celebrated spaces, TheTimesCenter. For tickets click here or call (212) 759-7525, ext. 355.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

6:00 PM Opening Reception
with special guests
Hwang Jin-Yi director Chang Youn-hyun
and actor Yoo Ji-tae

7:30 PM Hwang Jin-Yi Film Screening
Starring Song Hye-kyo and Yoo Ji-tae

The New York Times Building
TheTimesCenter
242 West 41st St.
New York, NY

$30 Advance/$35 At the Door
(The Korea Society members, $25)

Check out some of the movies that will be playing at this year's festival:


Epitaph 기담 Starring Kim Tae-woo, Kim Bo-kyung, Jin Goo and Lee Dong-kyu	Forever the Moment 우리 생애 최고의 순간 Starring Moon So-ri, Kim Jeong-eun, Uhm Tae- woong and Kim Ji-young *Read the Review	Going by the Book 바르게 살자 Starring Jeong Jae-young and Son Byung-ho	Hellcats 뜨거운 것이 좋아 Starring Lee Mi-sook, Kim Min-hee and Ahn So-hee

Hwang Jin-Yi 황진이 Starring Song Hye-kyo and Yoo Ji-tae	Le Grand Chef 식객 Starring Kim Gang-woo, Lim Won-hee and Lee Ha-na	Love 사랑 Starring Joo Jin-mo, Park Si-yeon and Joo Hyun	May 18 화려한 휴가 Starring Kim Sang-kyung, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Yo-won and Lee Jun-ki

My Father 마이 파더 Starring Daniel Henney and Kim Yong-chul *Read the Review	Once Upon a Time 원스 어폰 어 타임 Starring Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-yeong	Open City 무방비 도시 Starring Kim Myung-min and Son Ye-jin	Spare 스페어 Starring Jung Woo, Lim Jun-il and Koga Mitsuki

Virgin Snow 첫눈 Starring Lee Jun-ki and Miyazaki Aoi	With a Girl of Black Soil 검은 땅의 소녀와 Starring Yoo Yeon-mi, Park Hyun-woo and Jo Yong-jin