Tag: koreanindiefilm

Jeonju 2025 Review: 3670, Fresh and Vibrant Drama Dives Into Life of Gay NK Defector

Away from the incandescent lights of K-pop and the bubble-gum romance of K-dramas, Korean independent cinema often compels us to grapple with more difficult emotions and take a good hard look at the less-well represented sectors of local society. It...

Busan 2023 Review: AT THE END OF THE FILM, Hypnotic if Overlong Snapshot of Korean Indie Sector in Crisis

Director Ahn Sun-kyoung returns with her fourth and most ambitious work, At the End of the Film, screening in the Jiseok competitive section at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), ten years after her terrific sophomore film Pascha won the...