Celebrates the year of cultural dialogue with the UAE
Korean Film Festival.. 10 virtual days
The Korean Film Festival 2021, which celebrates the UAE-Korean Cultural Dialogue Year 2020-2021, will be launched, by default, on Thursday, highlighting the most important Korean cinematic works and making them available to the public in the UAE.
The list includes six diverse films and 18 animated short films, as all tastes have been taken into account through diversification in content.
It is noteworthy that the films that will be shown at the festival have gained wide popularity in Korea, and will be shown to fans in the UAE, and the list contains films that won major local awards at the “Baeksang Arts Festival” - the largest award for arts and entertainment in Korea - including “The Fish Book”, which won The Grand Prize, and the movie “Day of My Death” which won the best screenplay award, in addition to the movie “Going Forward” which won the best director award, and the movie “Namsan Leaders” which won the best film at the Bluedragon Awards. The festival is also presented (in cooperation with the Korean Association of Filmmakers). Independent Animation) A variety of independent animation films.
The festival will give the audience the opportunity to browse a variety of independent and short films, including the movie "Buri", which tells the story of a family of deaf people of determination, which also won the Best Film Award at a festival outside Korea, in addition to the movie "I evaporated", which tells a true story about the kidnapping of a child.
The Director-General of the Korean Cultural Center in the Emirates, Nam Chan-woo, called on the audience to enjoy the fifth annual Korean Film Festival, which will run until the 28th of this month, virtually via the Internet.
During the festival, the public can watch films for free on K-FilmFest.com.
Also, the films shown are subtitled in Arabic and English, and the viewing capacity for each film is limited to 500 people based on priority access to the site.
The films shown will be available to watch online for UAE residents only.
The Korean Cultural Center in the UAE will open its activities with the Film Festival, which will be the start of many events, exhibitions and entertainment performances, which intends to celebrate the fiftieth year of the founding of the United Arab Emirates, and to welcome Expo 2020 Dubai, which strengthens cultural ties and relations between the UAE and the Republic of South Korea.
• Limiting the viewing capacity of each movie to 500 people.
A • Film that has won international awards, including “The Book of Fish”.
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