2021 kf world cinema week
seoul art cinema 2021.6.19-6.20
naver TV 2021.6.18-7.1

My, Your, Our Lives in Cinema
2021 KF World Cinema Week: 'My, Your, Our Lives in Cinema' is hosted by the Korea Foundation(kf), which serves as a bridge between Korea and the world. In celebration of its 30th anniverary in 2021, KF has put together a series of special film festivals, whereby masterpieces from 30 countries around the world are presented. Following ASEAN Cineme Week and Central Asian Cinema Week held in March, 2021 KF World Cinema Week offers a rare opportunity to watch 14 films-from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Guatemala, Paraguay, Sweden, Turkey, Peru, and Indonesia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyz Republic-that provide an overview of cinematic currents in each country. After the opening ceremony on June 18, film screenings are scheduled to take place at Seoul Art Cinema on June 19 to 20. Up until July 1, the entire program will be available for free on NAVER TV to anyone, anywhere, anytime. In addition, there will be special online talk programs involving filmmakers and experts from Korea. Through various family, action, comedy, animation and drama films, 2021 KF World Cinema Week will provide a chance for us to sympathize with honest and moving portraits of life in ditterent cormers of the world.
Ticket Price : All seats are free of charge

online/offline screening schedule
online (naver TV) : 6.18~7.1
offline(Seoul Art Cinema) : 6.19~6.20
*Admission to the Opening Ceremony and the screening of The Comback in Community House MASIL on June 18(Friday) is by invitation only.
Films
The Best Families
Peru, Comedy, 2020, 95min, Color
Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who have worked their entire lives as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies who are also sisters. In the beginning of the film, they are all busy preparing for the celebration of Carmen's 65th birthday. But when the son's lover turns up at the family gethering, the long-held secret involving both households is about to be revealed. Complemented by vivid colors and witty dialogues, the comedy film conveys critical wiews on different aspects of modern Peruvian society, including class conflict, gender identity, and bourgeois hypocrisy.
Javier Fuentes-Leon
Graduated from Medical School in Peru, and studied film directing at the California Institute of the Arts(CalArts). His directorial long-feature debut Undertow(2009)won more than 50 awards worldwide, including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. He is the executive producer, director and co-writher of Netflix's original series Wild District(2018)

In 1973, a group of young girls at the elite catholic boarding school Notre-Dame du Nil in RWanda are given a French-style education. The everyday lives of the inquisitive and passionate girls are threatened by the highly charged tribal conflict outside the school gate. Adapted from Scholastique Mukasonga's acclaimed novel of the same title that won the 2012 Prix Renaudot, the film takes a careful look at the tribal conflict as the context of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the colonial experience through the eyes and sensibilities of the young girls.
Atiq Rahimi
A novelist and filmmaker. Rahimi co-write Earth and Ashes with the Iranian filmmaker Kambuzia Partovi, and directed a film based on it. The film was awarded the Prix du Regard vers I'Avenir at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The Patience Stone was the first book ht wrote in French, and Our Lady of the Nile is his third feature film.

Pity
Greece, Comdey, 2018, 98min, Color
How close to the truth ate the emotions we experience in everyday life of on screen? There's a man sitting on the edge of a bed sobbing. While his wife is in a coma, words of consolation from his neighbors and colleagues become his source of energy. Eventually, he begins to crave other people's pity more and more voraciously. Observing the delicate relationship between emotions and despair, and communication and solitude, this illustrates trends in the contemporary Greek comedy spearheaded by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Babis Makridis
Born in Greece in 1970, Babis Makridis graduated from the Stavrakos Hellenic Film and Television School. His first short film, The Last Fakir(2005), won the best new director award at the International Short Film Festival won the best new director award at the International Short Film Festival in Drama. His feature debut, L(2012), was presented in the competition section at Sundance Film Festival, and won the Rotterdam Tiger Awards.

The Lunchroom
Argentina, Comedy, 2019, 78min, Color
Lila and her colleagues have always worked as cleaners at a library. When the arrival of a new director puts their jobs in peril, Lila’s biggest concern is the future of the unofficial staff cafeteria in the building's basement. She plucks up the courage to try and turn it into an official cafeteria, but soon runs into an unexpected quandary. The film observes the lives and anxieties of female laborers and class conflict from a comical yet sober perspective. Liliana Judrez won the Best Actress Award at the 2019 Mar del Plata Film Festival for her performance as Lila.
Ezequiel Radusky
Born in Argentina in 1981, Ezequiel Radusky is a film director, screenwriter and actor. His first feature film, The Owners (2013), was screened at the Cannes (International Critics’ Week), where he got a special mention from the jury. The Lunchroom won Best Project at the Europe Latin America Co-production VI Forum at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2017.

The Comeback
Sweden, Comedy, 2020, 93min, Color
When the promising badminton player Annbritt loses her temper following an incorrect referee call and uses violence, her career comes to an end. She tums to alcohol, and years later, her life hits the rock bottom as she is about to lose her home.Then she resolves to take revenge by winning against her old rival. Adapted from a popular television series consisting of ten 10-minute episodes, The Comeback is a heartwarming tale of one middle-aged woman who achieves true success in the face of failures and disappointments.
Patrik Eklund
Afilm director and writer from Sweden. His short film Instead of Abracadabra (2008) won the Best Swedish Short Film at the GothenburgFilm Festival and an Oscar nomination. He received global recognition with his short film Seeds of the Fall (2009), which won Canal+ Grand Prixat the Cannes.

The Heiresse
Paraguay, Drama, 2018, 98min, Color
Chela and Chiquita used to be an affluent elite couple. Nowadays, they are so heavy in debt that they must sell their silverware and furniture to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Chiquita gets arrested for fraud. As a result, Chela must learn to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life, which proves to be a difficult challenge. Faced with such a crisis, Chela opens her eyes to new desires and undergoes change.The film took the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival, thereby drawing worldwide attention to Paraguayan films.
Marcelo Martinessi
Born in Paraguay, Martinessi studied film at the London Film School. He was the executive director of the first public television channel in Paraguay. His short film The Lost Voice (2016) won Best Short at the Venice International Film Festival. He won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival with his feature debut The Heiresses (2018).

Aga
Bulgaria, Drama, 2018, 96min, Color
In northeastern Siberia, Nanook and Sedna, an elderly Inuit couple, spend a bitterly cold winter inside a yurt. Days pass without a glimpse of reindeer or fish, and as Sedna’s health deteriorates, Nanook becomes seriously worried. Milko Lazarov's critically acclaimed film Aga offers a quiet observation of the lives of our neighbors somewhere else in the world who may be strange to us but are certainly our contemporaries, along with the spectacular scenery of the Sakha Republic. The film was screened at many international film festivals including the Venice Film Festival, and was the closing film of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.
Milko Lazarov
A Bulgarian film director born in 1967. He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a lecturer in NATFA’s film department. His feature debut Alienation was awarded Venice 70 in the official selection of Venice Days.

The Wild Pear Tree
Turkey, Drama, 2018, 188min, Color
Upon graduating from university, Sinan returns to his hometown to find a job as a teacher so he can help support his family. He is an aspiring writer who dreams of publishing his own novel. However, his father's gambling addiction means the family’s economic situation shows no sign of improving. Sinan takes one day at a time, precariously going back and forth between reality and dreams. The celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri BilgeCeylan embraces the anxiety and crisis of the young man facing the walls of reality—against the backdrop of the variegated landscape of northwestern Turkey. The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
누 Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Born in Istanbul in 1959, Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a film director, photographer and screenwriter. His directorial debut The Small Town (1997) won theCaligari Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. He went on to win Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), and then Palme d'Or for Winter Sleep (2014).

Mr. Tulio's Hostel
Guatemala, Comedy, 2018, 9Smin, BW
Tulio goes back and forth between being a dreamer and being an eccentric. Paying no attention to the looks of disapproval from those around him, he lives in his own world in the hostel that he runs, in the company of his son and several guests.When his brother Quique and his girlfriend Alen make a surprise visit, Tulio clashes with them on everything. Tensions rise as Tulio falls in love with Alen. The plots draws a fascinating link between a macroeconomic view of Guatemalan society and Tulio’s microscopic life. The various tunes played by different bands in the film add to the film's charm.
Rodolfo Espinosa
A writer and director from Guatemala, He wrote and directed Aquí me quedo (2010), The 4 Liters (2016), and Pol (2014), and worked as a 3D animator for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His directorial credits include the TV series Nuestra es la voz, de todos la palabra (1987).

Tito and the Birds
Brazil, Animation, 2018, 73min, Color
Tito is a young boy who lives with his mother. One day, a myste-rious epidemic starts to spread in his village. Tito discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on birds. Together with his friends, he embarks on a journey to find the antidote. Since its premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, the film has been screened around the world and won numerous awards. Tito and the Birds is a delightful family animation that will instill hope and courage in children and grown-ups who are tired of the mundane daily life in the wake of COVID-19.
Gustavo Steinberg
A producer, director and writer from Brazil. His previous works have been screened and many film festivals and won awards.
Gabriel Bitar
Worked on title sequences and animations for several TV shows and feature films in Brazil.
Andre Catoto Dias
Worked on audiovisual productions after graduating. His short films have won awards at international film festivals.

Encore Screening Films

Homecoming (Mudik)
Adriyanto Dewo
Indonesia, Drama, 2020, 93min, Color

Riam Fighting Angel
Prueksa Amaruji
Thailand, Action, Comedy, 2020, 108min, Color
After her family got kidnapped by a group of brutal gangsters, with the objective of forcing her to marry their boss, Riam has to find a way to rescue her family and get herself out of these deadly circumstances.

Yellow Cat
Adilkhan Yezhanov
Kazakhstan, Drama, Comedy, 2020, 90min, Color
Ex-convict Kermek, a big fan of Alan Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samurai, has a dream to build a movie theater in the mountains. The film follows Kermek’s journey heaving the crime-infested town with his beloved Eva from the red-light district. While Yellow Cat does deal with serious issues like corruption, prostitution, and crime, its tone is predominantly light and the protagonists Kermek and Eva are too naive. It is a road movie mixed with satire and slapstick comedy of Kermek and Eva chasing their dream.

Heavenly Nomadic
Mirlan Abdykalykov
Kyrgyz Republic, Drama, 2015, 81min, Color
A family of horse-herding nomads lives in the remote high mountains of Kyrgyz Republic. Tabyldy, the head of the house-hold, and his wife Karachach lost their son by a drowning accident in a mountain river. After that, they live with their daughter-in-law Shaiyr and their granddaughter Umsunai. When another resident appears-meteorologist Ermek, whose weather station is located near the family’s home, the family’s peaceful life begins to change. The film is a gentle story about the inevitable clash of tradition and modernity amidst the beautiful scenery of Kyrgyz Republic.

online Screening Information
Go to NAVER TV > Search for 'KF World Cinema Week' > Subscribe to the channel 'KF World Cinema Week' (tv.naver.com/kfworldcinema) > Enjoy the movies! Film release : from Friday, June 18 to Thursday, July 1

Online Screening Films
영화(Film), 국가(Country), 러닝타임(RT), 등급(Rating), 비고(Remark) 순
그 가족의 비밀(The Best Families), 페루(Peru), 95, 15, 1.000명까지만 관람 가능(Up to 1,000 viewers)
나일강의 소녀들(Our Lady of the Nile), 프랑스(France), 93, 15, 500명까지만 관람 가능( Up to 500 viewers)
동정에 중독된 남자(Pity), 그리스(Greece), 98, 15,
릴라의 카페테리마(The Lunchroom), 아르헨티나(Argentina), 78, 15,
배드민턴의 여왕(The Comeback), 스웨덴(Sweden), 93, 15, 청각장애인을 위한 배리머프리자막 제공(Provided subtitles for the hearing impaired)
상속녀(The Heiresses), 파라과이(Paraguay), 98, 15,
아가(Aga), 불가리아(Bulgaria), 96, 12,
야생 배나무(The Wild Pear Tree), 터키(Turkey), 188, 15, 600명까지만 관람 가능 6/26(토)~7/1(목) 관람 가능(Up to 600 viewers, Screening available from June 26 to July 1)
툴리오씨 호스텔(Mr. Tulio's Hostel), 과테말라(Guatemala), 95, 12,
티토와 새(Tito and the Birds), 브라질(Brazil), 73, G, 500명까지만 관람 가능(Up to 500 viewers)
무딕: 고향으로 가는 길(Homecoming (Mudik)), 인도네시마(Indonesia), 93, 15,
어쩌다 여전사(Riam Fighting Angel), 태국(Thailand), 108, 15,
노랑 고양이(Yellow Cat), 카자흐스탄(Kazakhstan), 90, 15,
천상의 유목민(Heavenly Nomadic), 키르기스스탄(Kyrgyz Republic), 81, G, 300명까지만 관람 가능(Up to 300 viewers)

•Ratings: G - Appropriate for people of all ages, 12 - Suitable for viewers aged 12 and above, 15 - Suitable for viewers aged 15 and above• Subtitles: Korean and English subtitles are provided for all screenings.

Notes- Check the remarks column for each film.- All the other films are available without restrictions during the entire screening period.- Unauthorized filming, duplication, image capturing, and leaking without the consent of thecopyright holder are strictly prohibited under the copyright law and may lead to legal liability.

Ticket price: Free- 70% online pre-booking, 30% on-site ticketing- On-site tickets can only be issued for screenings on the day. A notice will be given in advancewhen all tickets are sold out.
Pre-booking : Please use YES24 webpage. An additional service fee of 500 KRW will be charged. Ticket reservation open: Friday, June 11,2021
On-site ticketing : Tickets can be issued at the ticket office on the first floor from 1 hour prior to the first screening of the day.
Information Desk- Location: Next to the ticket office on the first floor of Seoul Art Cinema- Opening hours: from 1 hour prior to the first screening to the start time of the last screening - Please go to the ticket office next to the information desk to issue or exchange tickets.
Notes- You will not be allowed to enter the theater from 15 minutes after the start time.- Io prevent the spread of COVID-19, please keep distance between seats and sign in as a visitor. - You must wear a mask inside the theater at all times.
Location- Donhwamun-ro, 13, Jongno-gu, Seoul (T. 02-741 -9782 / exit no. 14 of Jongno 3-ga Station on subway lines 1,3 and 5)- Information Desk, Ticket Office and Visitors' Lounge - 1st Floor / Theater 11 - 3rd Floor / No parking available

상영시간표 Screening Schedule

Screening Schedule

venue	date	time	film	RT	Rating
*Community House MASIL	Friday, June 18	19:00	The Comeback	93	15
Seoul ArtCinema	Saturday, June 19	11:00	Tito and the Birds	73	G
		14:00	The Heiresses	98	15
		17:00	Pity	98	15
	Sunday, June 20	14:00	Our Lady of the Nile	93	15
		17:00	Aga	96	12

* Admission to the screening of The Comeback in Community House MASIL on June 18 (Friday) is by invitation only.
•Ratings: G - Appropriate for people of all ages, 12 - Suitable for viewers aged 12 and abwe, 15 - Suitable for viewers aged 15 and abwe
• Subtitles: Korean and English subtitles are provided for all screenings.

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Our special thanks go to the embassies of following countries:Argentine Republic. Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Kingdom of Thailand, and Turkey
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