On the afternoon of February 17, the "KOFIC Korean Film Exhibition KOREAN ACTORS 200 Photography Exhibition" organized by the Shanghai Korean Cultural Institute and the Korean Film Promotion Committee kicked off at the Shanghai Korean Cultural Institute. This event kicked off the 2023 China-Korea film cultural exchange; after the Shanghai station, it will also move to Beijing.

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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea in 2022 and further promote cultural exchanges between the two countries, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has been planning to hold film exhibitions in the two places since the second half of last year.

From December 1st to December 4th last year, the committee first held the 4-day "KOFIC Chinese Film Exhibition" at the ARTHOUSE MOMO Independent Cinema in Seoul, South Korea. With the theme of "Movies that Chinese people love today will soon be movies that Koreans love tomorrow", 13 Chinese films were planned and screened, including "Hello, Li Huanying" and other films that made Korean audiences laugh and cry.

"KOFIC Korean Film Festival"

The "KOFIC Korean Film Exhibition" launched in Shanghai yesterday is also part of the commemorative activities. After the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the opening film "The Hunt" was screened. The film was released in South Korea in August last year. It is the directorial debut of Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, who is famous all over the world for his "Squid Game".

A total of 15 Korean films that have been well received in recent years will be screened in this film festival. In addition to "Hunting", they also include "Broker", "Crime City 2", "Silent", "Burning", "Battleship Island", "Mogadishu", "The Witch". ", "Frameless", "Zishan Yupu", "Shaha", "The Evil Man", "On the Tower", "Along with the Gods: Sin and Punishment", "Along with the Gods 2: Cause and Fate". This film festival will last until February 25th, and the screening medium of the film festival is DCP, which is free for the public to make an appointment to watch the film.

It is reported that after the news of the "KOFIC Korean Film Exhibition" appointment viewing was announced on the WeChat official account of the "Korean Film Promotion Committee", all the seats were sold out in a matter of minutes. In addition to the film exhibition, the "KOREAN ACTORS 200 Photography Exhibition" will be held at the Shanghai Korean Cultural Center on the third floor of No. 396 Caoxi North Road from now until March 16. The public can visit the exhibition without making an appointment.

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The "KOREAN ACTORS 200 Photography Exhibition" opened in Shanghai yesterday is the fourth stop after New York, Seoul and Busan. The so-called "KOREAN ACTORS 200" is the first promotional event in the history of Korean movies that 200 actors personally participated in the filming. The exhibited photos are close-ups of the faces of the characters taken by two Korean photographers, Kim Jong-man and An Sung-jin (transliteration); there is also a QR code attached to each photo. work. As for the selection criteria, the Korean Film Council stated that these 200 actors "form the territory of Korean movies today, and are also the vane leading the future of Korean movies."