Korean Film Festival Week Begins in Vietnam

The second Korean Film Festival begins today, September 6, and lasts until September 11 at the MegaStar-Vincom Towers Hanoi cinema complex.

Lee Ki Woo and Ngo Thanh Van at the press conference introducing the Film Festival on the morning of September 6 (Source: Megastar)

Diverse in genre and rich in content, the 9 works screened at this Film Festival demonstrate the development of Korean cinema in recent years. These are also films that set box office records with a large number of audiences when released in Korea and many Asian countries.

Taking on the role of Ambassador for this Film Festival are Korean artist Lee Ki Woo and Vietnamese artist Ngo Thanh Van.

Lee Ki Woo was born in 1981, with a handsome face and rich acting ability, he has participated in 11 movies, 8 TV series, and is admired by audiences in Korea and other Asian countries. Notably, the TV series "Flower Boy's Ramen Shop" has reached 2 million foreign viewers and downloads. As a model, Lee Ki Woo has just won the Modelstar Awards at the 8th Asia Model Festival Awards.

Ngo Thanh Van is known as a multi-talented artist in the Vietnamese entertainment industry, a model, singer, and film actress who is increasingly loved by the public for her persistent and serious efforts in artistic activities.

“Killer Toon” by director Kim Yong-Gyun will be the opening film of this year’s Film Festival. This is the first psychological crime thriller film with content and setting adapted from a Korean comic book.

Inspector Lee Ki-Cheol must investigate a series of murders that occur in a manner that matches the plot of an online comic book by female artist Ji-Yoon. This is a work that will make viewers nervous and shiver from the beginning until the terrifying secrets are revealed.

Following the success of the first Vietnam-Korea Film Festival (October 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City), from this year, the Korean Film Festival will be held annually in Vietnam.

The organizers also opened up the opportunity to introduce outstanding Vietnamese films to the Korean public within the framework of the first Vietnamese Film Festival to be held in Seoul in November 2013.

Movies released this time:

Killer Toon - The first horror film with content and setting adapted from Korean comic books.

Deranged - The first film about an infectious epidemic in Korea.

The Gifted Hands - A unique detective and thriller about a character with psychic hands.

Fist of Legend - A movie by Kang Woo Seok - Top-selling director in Korea.

Dancing Queen - A romantic film produced by a Korean psychological and romantic film production team.

Tower - A film with new challenges of Korean cinema on the theme of disaster.

A Wedding Invitation - A Chinese-Korean co-production sets all-time box office record.

A Werewolf Boy - The movie with the most intense character in Korean cinema history.

Pororo: The Racing Adventure - Pororo: The first 3D theatrical animated film to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the beloved character beyond Korean borders - Pororo.

According to Vietnam+ - M.D