{"title": "Bedford Park", "start": "2026-11-05T18:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7122203.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/romance"], "description": "Bedford Park is a romantic drama about 36-year-old Korean-American Audrey Park, bound by her traditionalist mother and alcoholic father, who after an accident meets Eli, a gruff adopted Korean ex-wrestler, the two lost souls finding they can finally breathe in each other's company. It is Stephanie Ahn's feature-length expansion of her short film Accident (2023), using romance to explore cultural clash and intergenerational trauma in the Korean diaspora, and it won the US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature at Sundance Film Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bedford-park-74182/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/bedford-park/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f7ea8fe5319704db63191cf09b951d0a738f572bd3f7cc463576d5806710f10-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "London Korean Film Festival", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=journey-to-gyeong-ju-lkff", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Ok-sil (Lee Jung-eun) and her three adult daughters (Kong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon) may seem merely to be out on a family pilgrimage to commemorate the birthday of Ok-sil's long-deceased youngest daughter Gyeong-ju, but in fact this is a journey of revenge. 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Mi-ok, living quietly with her laid-off husband, agrees to be filmed by documentary maker Ye-ji and finds herself drawn to Ye-ji's unreadable husband Sang-woo, as fractures appear in their daily existence. It marks director Lee Chang-dong's first release in eight years, with Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong and Zo In-sung starring. 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Se-oh, of Black, mixed-race descent and knowing little about the circumstances of his birth, feels safer living in society wearing a mask, while So-ra has lived under shadows since the death of her same-sex lover. The film traces their journey and the facets of their pasts, shining light on the simple but powerful gesture of reaching a hand out to someone who has fallen. It was directed by Shin Su-won and stars Han Hyun-min and Lee Zoo-young.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-mutation-74142/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-26-the-mutation", "image": ""}, {"title": "Home A Loan", "start": "2026-11-06T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7122205.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "Home A Loan is a Korean horror film screening as part of a festival programme. 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Guk-hee, a district office director played by Yeom Hye-ran, has worked all her life without a break, but is passed over for promotion through a colleague's interference, sees her workload cut, and watches her daughter move out. When she visits a flamenco studio for work, she finds an unexpected refuge. Director Cho Hyn-jin shows that loosening a stiffened body and following the rhythm might open a window to a new possibility of life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mad-dance-office-74144/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-26-mad-dance-office", "image": ""}, {"title": "En Route To", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ica.art/shop", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "society"], "description": "En Route To is a screening of a film by Yoo Jaein, made in Korea in 2025 and running 105 minutes, shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts as part of the London Korean Film Festival 2026. It follows Yun-ji, a student whose secret is revealed at the start: after her homeroom teacher, with whom she had been having an affair, disappears when she tells him of her pregnancy, she steals savings from her dorm roommate Kyung-sun to buy illegal abortion pills. Kyung-sun sets out to find Yun-ji and recover her money, but her chase ends with her uncovering Yun-ji's secret.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/en-route-to-74136/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/en-route-to", "image": ""}, {"title": "Expecting", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-27T00:00:00Z", "place": "Riverside Studios", "address": "Queen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/expecting-tickets/2027/01/30/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["comedy"], "description": "Expecting is a witty, thoughtful new comedy about the chaos of adulthood and the realities of parenthood. In it, Zoey and Ethan are deciding whether or not to have a baby, while Zoey's younger sister Trish juggles two kids with parenting her new boyfriend Matt. The new play by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola explores why couples are waiting longer to have kids, or debating whether to have them at all. It is directed by Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat in the U.S., and is filled with authentic characters, clever storytelling, and laugh-out-loud humour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/expecting-46104/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0c15d431a64a76b06706820dd0aa9bf95aed7b9840e8f5ad218b5372dc12d552-600.webp"}, {"title": "My Daughter Is a Zombie", "start": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7122201.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "A screening of the film My Daughter Is a Zombie, followed by a Q&A with actor Lee Jung-eun. 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