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9 Films you should miss at the 14th Korean Film Festival in Australia

These are nine films you should miss at the Korean Film Festival in Australia which will take place from August 23 until September 17, 2023 in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Festival Schedule
Sydney – August 24 – 29, 2023
Canberra – September 1 – 3, 2023
Melbourne – September 7 – 11, 2023
Brisbane – September 14 – 17, 2023

Confession by YOON Jong-seok – Korea | 2022 – 105 minutes

A story about a man who has been pointed out as the culprit of a locked-room murder and his lawyer approaching the truth. (MUBI)

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Gentleman by KIM Kyoung-won -Korea | 2022 – 123 minutes

Hyeon soo a CEO of a private detective agency visits a pension with a client asking for her dog While waiting outside of pension he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. (MUBI)

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Hero by YOUN Je-kyoun – Korea | 2022 – 120 minutes

Korean independence activist in a fight to free his motherland. (IMDb)

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Next Sohee by JUNG July – Korea | 2022 – 135 minutes

Sohee is a high school student focusing on a job training education. Hoping for a good job, Sohee starts an job training at a subcontracted call center, but she faces big pressure of greedy company. It is too hard for high school student to bear this situation and it leads to her death. (MUBI)

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Nothing Serious by JEONG Ga Young – Korea | 2022 – 95 minutes

Woo-ri (Sukku Son), 32, and Ja-young (Jun Jong-seo), 28, who both dislike being alone but have particular anxieties when it comes to dating, meet through an app. (FilmAffinity)

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Remember by LEE Il-hyung – Korea | 2022 – 128 minutes

The story of Pil-Joo, an Alzheimer’s patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him. (FilmAffinity)

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Someone you Loved by HYUNG Seul-woo – Korea | 2023 – 103 minutes

Joon Ho and Ah Yeong have been best friends since college and now a couple living together. Ah Yeong is making the best of her situation, but she feels his boyfriend Joon Ho is wasting his life in excuse of preparing for an exam. (IMDb)

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The Devil’s Deal by LEE Won-tae – Korea | 2021 – 115 minutes

Hae-woong an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Soon-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. (IMDb)

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The Night Owl by AN Tae-jin – Korea | 2022 – 118 minutes

A blind acupuncturist, who strangely, is able to see normally at night, and happens to witness the death of the crown prince. (IMDb)

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