LKFF | Little White Lies

LKFF

Young woman with braided hair wearing a blue and white striped top, looking sideways with a serious expression.
Festivals

In praise of Youn Yuh-jung – Korean cinema’s most enduring star

by Ben Nicholson

A new ret­ro­spec­tive at the Lon­don Kore­an Film Fes­ti­val reveals the vet­er­an actor’s rich and var­ied career.
Crowd of uniformed workers, many women with dark hair, indoors with signs and banners visible in the background.
Festivals

The lives of Korean women as seen through the eyes of female directors

by Matt Turner

This year’s LKFF offered a refresh­ing coun­ter­point to the mas­cu­line nar­ra­tives that con­tin­ue to dom­i­nate Kore­an cinema.