{"title": "The Ugly", "start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/mystery"], "description": "\"The Ugly\" is a feature film from South Korea showing at Kino Babylon. The blind seal engraver Yeong-gyu and his son Dong-hwan learn that the remains of Yeong-gyu's wife Yeong-hui, who disappeared 40 years ago, have been found. Together with a documentary film producer, they trace memories of the past. The film explores the reasons for the murder as well as the meaning of beauty and ugliness, showing how the socially disadvantaged can themselves become perpetrators.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-ugly-7247/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/korea-independent/10683-korea-independent-the-ugly", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0fd0025d72deadcad91a4eb4a0ca8ef9ff7e48e5910a9168c5393e97c363a16b-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Wailing - Die Besessenen", "start": "2026-10-30T21:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "The film 'The Wailing - Die Besessenen' shows mysterious illnesses and brutal acts of violence spreading through a Korean village. Police officer Jong-gu initially has little idea how to investigate, while rumours blame a Japanese stranger living alone in the mountains. When his daughter develops disturbing symptoms, the case becomes a desperate personal search in which a shaman is called in to help and an unfamiliar woman offers a warning. With every apparent explanation, it becomes harder to distinguish between illness, superstition and a real threat. Na Hong-jin directed, with Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min and Jun Kunimura on screen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-wailing-die-besessenen-42832/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10763-s-d-korea-the-wailing-die-besessenen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e563f4013a6fd8880f22de1dcc03f992cc673572733b8440fcf5d7d5a2edc800-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Broker", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "The cinema shows the South Korean film “Broker”, the story of a woman who leaves her baby outside a baby box and two men who secretly take the child, intending to find new parents in exchange for money. The director is Hirokazu Kore-eda; the cast includes Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won and Lee Ji-eun. When the mother returns and discovers their plan, she joins the journey, followed by two female detectives, and amid mistrust and shared meals an unexpected bond develops. A journey that begins as a business transaction leaves everyone questioning what makes a family.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/broker-42841/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10770-s-d-korea-broker", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c78e3d921144d4936e91866b86d02cfb881a1635ea3b413d5f741c920478c1b4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Barking Dogs Never Bite", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy/black-comedy"], "description": "The film 'Barking Dogs Never Bite', a pitch-black comedy from South Korea, is being shown. It was directed by Bong Joon-ho and stars Lee Sung-jae, Bae Doona and Byun Hee-bong. Yun-ju is waiting for a permanent university position and living off his pregnant wife's income. When the barking in his apartment block becomes unbearable, he decides to get rid of the dog he blames, while young office worker Hyun-nam, who dreams of appearing on television as a hero, starts searching for the disappearing dogs and their paths become entangled.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/barking-dogs-never-bite-42831/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/s%C3%BCd-korea/10762-s-d-korea-barking-dogs-never-bite", "image": "https://noky.io/images/042ef648a17b34573cfcf2e09c020905e4bca298e326f24b02c4160e851016a7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mother", "start": "2026-11-01T20:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/thriller"], "description": "„Mother“ [마더] is a film by Bong Joon-ho starring Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin and Jin Goo. An herbal medicine seller lives in a small Korean town with her adult son Do-joon, who depends on her support in everyday life. When a schoolgirl is murdered, he becomes a suspect and is arrested, while the police seem ready to close the case. His mother is convinced of his innocence and, with no one willing to help, starts investigating herself – but the more determined her search becomes, the more threatening the truth she might uncover begins to seem.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/mother-42839/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10769-s-d-korea-mother", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba6d1deba0dc24f13a9f078de3325678820e577ce90d72e8d9aa93e79a130475-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Pieta", "start": "2026-10-31T15:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "The feature film „Pieta“ [피에타] is being screened. Director Kim Ki-duk tells the story of Kang-do, who collects debts in a Seoul neighbourhood filled with small workshops and uses violence as his means. When a woman appears claiming to be his mother, he first rejects her brutally but gradually accepts her care. With this unfamiliar closeness comes a growing fear of losing her, as the consequences of his actions catch up with him.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/pieta-42834/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/s%C3%BCd-korea/10765-s-d-korea-pieta", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f90f96975708db5ee9e628e04ba799982ab256ca8743d2888fcf3590257fc96-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Burning", "start": "2026-10-31T17:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/mystery"], "description": "\"Burning\" is a 2018 feature film by Lee Chang-dong. Young odd-job worker Jong-su runs into Hae-mi in Seoul, a woman he knew as a child, and looks after her cat while she travels to Africa. She returns with Ben, a wealthy, charming man whose effortless lifestyle both attracts and unsettles Jong-su. When Ben describes an unusual pastime and Hae-mi disappears, Jong-su starts looking for connections, and uncertainty gradually turns into obsession.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/burning-42835/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10766-s-d-korea-burning", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9d39d0cfcb7ffd244bcb73d0ffdbaec997dd58e7bdb62b9a8ce04fa1ddfdc333-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Memories of Murder", "start": "2026-11-01T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/crime"], "description": "Memories of Murder is a South Korean feature film by Bong Joon-ho starring Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung and Kim Roe-ha. In 1986, several women are murdered in a rural area of South Korea: local detective Park relies on instinct and forced confessions, while his colleague Seo from Seoul insists on evidence and methodical work. Between rice fields, interrogation rooms and dead ends their desperation grows, suspects are arrested, leads disappear and the killings continue. What begins as a grotesque tale of police incompetence becomes a feverish search for a killer who could strike again at any moment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/memories-of-murder-42838/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10768-s-d-korea-memories-of-murder", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f17bcf9483449d71a9ab055adbe9f80bd4e4db5bd21ecf3306cf49835a8e11ce-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tale of Cinema", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film by Hong Sang-soo with Kim Sang-kyung, Uhm Ji-won and Lee Ki-woo. A young man meets a former girlfriend in Seoul, and they spend an evening drinking and talking themselves deeper into their emotions. The film then shifts perspective to an aspiring director who has just watched this very story in a cinema and approaches its lead actress outside. Conversations, gestures and expectations recur as cinema and everyday life draw unsettlingly close to one another.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/tale-of-cinema-42826/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10757-s-d-korea-tale-of-cinema", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f0da9b881ef283a4e33ce41e55ff8b9ba1d4d8580d6b93d3061b3844b25758c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Parasite", "start": "2026-11-02T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Babylon", "address": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/thriller"], "description": "The film follows the Kim family, who scrape by on odd jobs in a cramped semi-basement apartment. When their son Ki-woo becomes a tutor to the wealthy Park family, the other Kims gradually find their way into the Parks' spacious house too, with ingenuity and forged references while keeping their family ties a secret. Their plan seems to be working, but the comfortable life rests on a web of lies that could collapse at any moment. Directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Yeo-jeong, the film was released in 2019 and runs 132 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/parasite-42824/", "official_url": "https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/süd-korea/10755-s-d-korea-parasite", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2928570167b4b26d0710f44938a2063048b5973b016a5d630733856e3b54e0db-1200.webp"}]}