CINEMA ON THE PARK in Sydney
Held every Thursday night at the Korean Cultural Office in Sydney, Cinema on the Park is a free weekly Korean film night that has been generating quite a buzz since it's launch last year. The program includes 21 feature films and 14 special guests in just the 1st half of the year alone, making for a buffet of content, suitable to anyone's taste. If you are in Sydney and have a free Thursday night, then come by to experience more Korean cinema!
What: Weekly Korean film night
When: Every Thursday night. 6:30pm start
Where: Korean Cultural Office, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney, Australia
Who: For lovers of Korean film, young or old, experts or newbies
Why: Watch a film on the big screen, try yummy Korean snacks, discuss the films with special guests and play trivia games!
How: Free Entry. Bookings essential
When: Every Thursday night. 6:30pm start
Where: Korean Cultural Office, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney, Australia
Who: For lovers of Korean film, young or old, experts or newbies
Why: Watch a film on the big screen, try yummy Korean snacks, discuss the films with special guests and play trivia games!
How: Free Entry. Bookings essential
X-TREME KOREA comes to Cinema on the Park
March at Cinema on the Park focuses on the genre that made Korean cinema so popular all around the world, hardcore Korean crime thrillers, or as we like to call it, X-TREME KOREA! If you enjoy thrills, kills and spills, films that make you squirm and at the same time giggle a little, films so gritty and dark that the only thing that lights them up is the flash of a gunshot, then this line-up is for you! X-TREME KOREA will feature 4 of the best and latest additions to the genre, taking crime thrillers to the limits that only Korean cinema knows how! Films take place every Thursday night from 6:30pm, so make sure to secure your seat today! WARNING: Axes not permitted in the cinema!
March 1st "The Man From Nowhere"
After a SOLD OUT screening at KOFFIA 2011 in Sydney, now is your chance to catch this action blockbuster and see what the fuss was all about. The biggest Korean film of 2010 and featuring mega star WON BIN, catch
The Man From Nowhere FREE at Cinema on the Park Thursday March 1st!
Dir: Lee Jeong-beom (2010), 119 mins, MA15+
Thanks to Beyond Home Entertainment
March 8th, "I Saw the Devil"
An epic edge of your seat battle between 2 Korean acting legends, it's Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life) vs. Choi Min-sik (Oldboy). Don't miss Kim Ji-woon's ("A Tale of Two Sisters") slice of X-TREME KOREA in I Saw the Devil. Warning: Not for the faint hearted!
Special Guest: Richard Gray (Editor, The Reel Bits)
Dir: Kim Ji-woon (2010), 144 mins, R18+
Thanks to Beyond Home Entertainment
March 15th, "The Chaser"
Based on the TRUE STORY of a notorious Korean serial killer, catch Na Hong-jin's original debut classic!
Awarded Best Film at the 2008 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.
The Chaser was the Runaway Hit that kept audiences on the edge of their seats, literally!
Dir: Na Hong-jin (2008), 123 mins, MA15+
Thanks to Madman Entertainment
March 22nd, "The Yellow Sea"
The Korean Cultural Office present's the SYDNEY PREMIERE of The Yellow Sea. From Cannes Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival, and now, finally to Sydney! Snap up the chance to see the crime thriller that has SHOCKED all who have witnessed its brutality! Directed by Na Hong-jin.
Special Guest: Neil Foley (Director, Fantastic Asia Film Fest)
Dir: Na Hong-jin (2010), 140 mins, R18+
Thanks to Monster Pictures