Wonderful Nightmare (2015)
In recent years, South Korea has been making many wonderful films like The Host (2006), Okja (2017), Cart (2014), Miss Granny (2014) which was remade as Oh! Baby (2019) and…
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Parasite (2019)
10th Feb 2020 update: By shattering the 92 years of Oscar History, the South Korean thriller ‘Parasite’, becomes the first Non-English Movie to win the top Academy Award. Hollywood clearly…
Kim’s Convenience (TV series)
For the last two weeks, I binge-watched two seasons of Kim’s Convenience (TV Series). It is a Canadian Television sitcom based on a successful stage play by the same name,…
Cart (2014)
The frog can’t remember the time when he was a tadpole (개구리 올챙이 적 생각도 못 한다), a Korean Proverb The growth of South Korea after the Korean war was…
Okja (2017)
Movies that showcase the affection between a human and an animal have a universal and timeless appeal. Netflix has bet on such a story for its original production, the Korean…
The Host (2006)
The Host (2006) was the film that was screened today as part of ICAF’s Korean Film Festival. It’s about a school girl being kidnapped by a monster that is living…
Poetry (2010)
ICAF is hosting a Korean Film Festival this week. The first movie that was screened was Poetry (2010) by Director: Chang-dong Lee. The story is about a widowed grandmother Yang…