{"title": "Hana Korea", "start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Hana Korea is a film inspired by real events, following Hyesun, a young North Korean refugee newly arrived in South Korea, as she struggles to adapt to her new life and find her place in society. It was written and directed by Danish filmmaker Frederik Sølberg in his narrative feature debut, with a screenplay co-written with Sharon Choi, known for her work with Bong Joon Ho on Parasite. Kim Minha stars as Hyesun, delivering a performance that blurs the boundary between fiction and documentary. The Korean-Danish co-production also features Kim Joo-ryoung and An Seo-hyun.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hana-korea-74197/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/hana-korea/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40654a737ccfc552bc3d7330ca9b091a94f11f2d551182a65336927225164476-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "Home A Loan is a Korean horror film screening as part of a festival programme. Believing that an abandoned, semi-derelict building in Seoul will soon be redeveloped, Eun-jin (Yoo Seon) buys a third-floor apartment there for herself, her teen daughter Sung-hye (Lee Seo-yeon) and younger son Sung-ho (Lee Cheon-mu). When Eun-jin starts seeing and hearing things, her paranoia makes her a danger to all around her. Kim Tae-Kyeong's film keeps its plotting indeterminate: is Eun-jin crumbling under the pressures of work and solo-parenting, feeling the stresses of the property ladder, reliving past trauma, or is the building haunted?", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/home-a-loan-74184/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/home-a-loan/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea7d3cee2f95fad28ca2ae945fccc02bddf0182cd2204cdf5364b5e6cd5c8c77-2000.webp"}, {"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, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "society/korea"], "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": "https://noky.io/images/162b1c3363c38dc393be0be6d6ef3adcb5b7689b24ee000c2ef9c5010104fa3d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mad Dance Office", "start": "2026-11-11T20:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "Mad Dance Office is a lively South Korean comedy that mixes the dramatic gestures of flamenco with the wobbly steps of a woman in mid-life crisis. 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": "https://noky.io/images/2bfdaed5cd2a699674de1f2d287cca2d83ee146cf1d075552e0a69bd6186db22-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Possible Love", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Possible Love is a South Korean drama about two married couples whose lives become entangled after a funeral brings them together. 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. The film is presented in Korean with English subtitles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/possible-love-34775/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/possible-love/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6617a938fb605474e2ebf6f733330626bac1ef3d12d3edc6ccaa0d7062fc460d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The World of Love", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "The World of Love is a film about Joo-in, a seventeen-year-old high school girl who keeps her thoughts and feelings to herself. She receives mysterious notes after refusing to participate in a school-wide petition signed by all of her fellow students. The title is a word play, as 'Joo-in' sounds like 'owner' in Korean, suggesting both a personal agency and the reclaiming of her story. Director Yoon Ga-eun, known for The World of Us and The House of Us, turns her attention to adolescence with a cast of young actors, many with little or no previous film experience, in a story about courage, resilience and finding the strength to shape one's own life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-world-of-love-80691/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-26-the-world-of-love", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39db9b93b61c7953b016828fed0404665789e006b4323fd6371170124309b3ef-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Accordion Door", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "The Accordion Door is a South Korean film directed by Son Kyeong-su, starring Moon Woo-jin and Lee Jae-in. As a child, Ji-soo had a strange encounter behind an accordion door that took his memory but gave him a prodigious talent for writing. Now in middle school, his essay-writing success hides his social shortcomings, until football-loving transfer pupil Hyeon-joo turns his head and shakes his confidence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-accordion-door-74135/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-26-the-accordion-door", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f99c636fecd92d64d938ed3e894cc0c024310d301517a2cfda97f12d03d2bf6a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Mutation", "start": "2026-11-08T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "The Mutation follows Se-oh, who works as a white-tiger mascot at an amusement park until overwork makes him collapse; he buys a luxury suitcase and sets off travelling, where So-ra appears at his side. 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": "https://noky.io/images/a37d5930be321d52a68e54f777923c0abb470e4484c0a99c93e050307cefdeb5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Oldeuboi", "start": "2026-11-09T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror/psychological-horror"], "description": "Oldboy [Oldeuboi] is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film directed by Chan-wook Park and starring Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu and Hye-jeong Kang. Dae-Su, an obnoxious drunk, is abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for 15 years with only a television as company. Suddenly released, he is invited to track down his jailor, leading to a simply stunning denouement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/oldeuboi-64047/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/12467699/oldboy-oldeuboi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ff8833e081b3b4b9cd07a69717e7dd54dbaffc2f3008542f6461da5b067a7947-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Korean Film Festival", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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. The yellow combi van in which these characters are travelling points to both the similar vehicle (and similar dysfunctional family co...", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-korean-film-festival-36672/", "official_url": "https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/events/opening-gala-the-journey-to-gyeong-ju-qa-with-director-kim-mi-jo-and-actor-lee-jung-eun/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c998369385ede6ce8ced520a34115ce84689f09cf030ce8b497a9df42603184f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Journey There", "start": "2026-11-14T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Journey There is a film about the recently widowed Chun hee, who moves into an apartment building where the grand piano of her late husband will not fit. Her new neighbour, conductor Min jun, takes the piano in, and together with an orphaned piano prodigy in his care they briefly form a family unit. It is made by Kim Jin-yu as a follow-up to Bori, and deals with mortality, grief and moving on, also looking forward to the next generation's future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/journey-there-36650/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/journey-there/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41d155d771797ef833ac3e6a605023b43ac358207912d42aff6aa74113836b97-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Women's Voices Shorts Programme", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film"], "description": "The Women's Voices Shorts Programme brings together four short films by Korean women filmmakers, screened as part of the London Korean Film Festival 2026. The directors Wi Eun-kyoung and Son Gwang-min, Chang Seoyun, Seo Saerom and Bae Issac, and Choi Eunsoo present stories spanning fiction, documentary and animation. The films follow, among others, a pet groomer reunited with her niece, a young woman facing premature menopause, an art student afraid of touch, and a schoolgirl who wants to play football. The programme shares a determination to carve out paths of their own while delivering the pleasures of diverse genres and forms, with a total runtime of 84 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/womens-voices-shorts-programme-74150/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-women-s-voices-shorts-programme", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43568cb8275f26a61d95fc283c475b8a9a10987565c5f36ab7dc3e4d546361f0-1200.webp"}]}