As part of the 'Korean Culture Experience Program' project, the Korean Cultural Center in Italy is working with local distributor Tucker Film for 24 hours from 4:00 pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 to 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 29, 2021. An online screening of Korean films was held through the website of the Korean Cultural Center.
The Korean movie that was screened on this day was <Little Forest> (Italian subtitles, director Im Soon-rye, starring Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Jin Ki-joo, released in 2018).
This movie tells the story of Hyewon, the main character, who returns to her hometown after stopping her daily life when nothing goes according to her wishes, such as exams, dating, and employment, and spends special four seasons with her old friends Jaeha and Eunsook, revealing her own way of life. content to be found.
A total of 903 people from all over Italy watched this online movie screening.
▲︎ July online Korean film screenings poster
Movie viewers showed a very positive reaction through Facebook and Instagram comments and emails at the Cultural Center, some of which are introduced as follows.
Alessandra Rito said, “It may seem like an out-of-the-ordinary sensibility, but it was a great opportunity to see a film dealing with contemporary themes of family, change and the future. It’s a movie that adds the magic of food and music that you must listen to again.”
"It's an amazing film," said Enrica Paravisi. It's the kind of movie I like. It is a film that warms the heart.”
Valentina Rossi said, "I'm very interested in food, and I want to try making rainbow rice cakes."
As it was promoted in advance using a movie trailer video, the trailer video uploaded to the Cultural Center YouTube recorded 19,612 views.
Five posts related to the movie screenings posted on Facebook recorded a total of 739 likes, 60 comments, and 81 shares.
Four posts related to the screening on Instagram received a great response, recording 3,794 likes, 64 comments, and 602 saves.
In addition, the number of views of the movie post page of <Little Forest> on the homepage of the Cultural Center was recorded 4,637 times.
This screening was also conducted through a limited disclosure method for KCCI Newsletter members, and 274 new members were registered as KCCI members.
The Korean Cultural Center in Italy has been screening Korean films online every month, introducing Korean culture to local people through Korean films.
The major films screened this year are:
- February 24 ~ February 25 : <The Net> (Director Ki-duk Kim, released in 2018)
- March 31st ~ April 1st : <Illegal Transaction> (Director Seung-wan Ryu, released in 2010)
- April 28 ~ April 29 : <In another country> (Director Hong Sang-soo, released in 2012)
- May 24 - May 28 : <The Drifting of Mr. Kim> (Director Hae-Jun Lee, released in 2009), <Blind> (Sang-Hoon Ahn, released in 2011)
- June 30 ~ July 1 : <Joint Security Area JSA> (Director Park Chan-wook, released in 2000)