leaff 2016

LEAFF 2016 To Host A Park Chan-Wook Retrospective Outlining THE HANDMAIDEN, THE VENGEANCE TRILOGY, And More

Events in the UK where the London East Asia Film Festival took off late last year are keeping the pace a bit with an upcoming retrospective look into the work of filmmaker Park Chan-wook. At the moment, I am reminded of Hollywood’s once ambitious attempts at translating Park’s work for an American audience with the hopes of adapting the remaining two of the aptly named Vengeance Trilogy. Sure, that probably won’t happen after the demise that was Spike Lee’s Oldboy, but it’s amply good to see Park still on his toes. His latest, The Handmaiden, generated quite the buzz at Cannes this summer with a possible nod for the Palme d’Or before it went to I, Daniel Blake helmer Ken Loach, and has since gone on to a theatrical release in South Korea in June, and with plans for an October 17 U.K. release, LEAFF will be obliging its attendees […]

Ryoo Seung-Wan To Attend VETERAN Premiere At LEAFF Pre-Launch Next Week

Lee B. Golden III

The London East Asia Film Festival will be going in full swing next year with an immense slate of titles for its first go-around, and the announcement earlier this month will hopefully help get more feet in the door by then. For this, we have one more week until the preliminary kick-off of the festival and we now have a new trailer for the event which you can view below today’s announcement; Further detailing is the opening night round for director Ryoo Seung-wan’s attendance next to the premiere of his latest box-office success, Veteran. Cue the deets and watch the trailer just beneath which also includes footage from other titles listed HERE, and visit the Odeon website for tickets! OPENING GALA EVENT OF THE NEW LONDON EAST ASIA FILM FESTIVAL FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER PRESENTING: KOREAN BLOCKBUSTER ‘VETERAN’ WITH SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR RYOO SEUNG-WAN. The inaugural London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) […]

LEAFF 2016 Peddles Forward With A Mini-Festival This Month!

Lee B. Golden III

Director Ryoo Seung-Wan’s Veteran drew huge approval this year, and with much praise and delight ahead of sequel news with said director. Just as equally for the movie crowd in the UK, the film will also be headlining as the opener for this month’s pre-launch ceremony for next year’s premiere installment of LEAFF (London East Asia Film Festival). Tickets for the pre-launch are now available with more info at the official LEAFF website. For this, host to a slew of info is their latest press release for the pre-launch which kicks off its three-day event on October 23, and there are only a handful of films, but it’s a tasty selection attendees will surely approve. Taking place from 23 to 25 October 2015 at Odeon Leicester Square, Odeon Covent Garden and Odeon Panton Street, this initial pre-launch edition of the new London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) will offer a […]