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Closing Ceremony of the 2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival


Tonight, Sunday June 16th, is the closing ceremony of the 2013 Seoul LGBT Film Fesitavl. Honestly, I didn't go to any of the filmsl. Mostly because I had to work, but also because a lot of the films looked boring or I had already seen them. The last film is playing tonight at 19:00. It is called Sex of the Angels.

2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival Day 10, Saturday June 15th

Two Weddings and a Funeral starts at 10:30 today. Korean with English subtitles.

2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival Day 9, Friday June 14th

The festival starts out at 12:30 with the Hong Kong film 아비정전 Korean subtitles. 

2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival Day 7, Wednesday June 12th

The film festival starts out on Wednesday with a collection of shorts at 12:30. 

This is followed by Facing Mirrors at 14:30. Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way. Farsi with English and Korean subtitles. 

In Search Of New Images

“…There are few images to be found. One has to dig for them like an archaeologist. One has to search through this ravaged landscape to find anything at all… It’s often tied up with risk, of course, which I would never shun, but I see so few people today who dare to address our lack of adequate images. We absolutely need images in tune with our civilization, images that resonate with what is deepest within us. We need to go into war zones, if need be, or anywhere else it takes us…to find images that are pure and clear and transparent… I’d go to Mars or Saturn if I could…because it’s no longer easy here on this Earth to find that something that gives images their transparency the way you could before.”

From Werner Herzog, a man who has added countless new images to cinema. I found the quote here.


2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival Day 1, Thursday January 6th

Today is the opening of the film festival! Vito has already been screened this morning, and Kiss Me is about to start. Oops.

May

May's been a quiet month where I've really been trying to watch my spending. The faster the months go past, the more I realise I need to save, ready for the next adventure after I leave Korea. Here's what we got upto:

All of us together
May was the month that my group of friends decided to explore Namhae Island and the Wineglass Festival. A long weekend to celebrate Buddha's Birthday can't be bad. The company was great, but the festival not so much!

KQCF: Seoul LGBT Film Festival Lineup and Times

The schedule is up for the 2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival (SeLFF). Finally. I've compiled a list of the films that will play this year. Hope to see you there!

Vito 비토: The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s. (IMDB)

The Great Gatsby

great gatsby

In the grand scheme of things, I was incredibly late to the book The Great Gatsby. It was only when a friend literally threatened to withdraw his friendship if I didn't read it, that I finally decided to. And I am so thankful that he did. Since the day I've finished it, I've forced it upon others, as if it had been a life long aim of mine to convert people to Gatsby fans.

The film was announced before we'd even left to go to Korea, so it feels like a long, long time that I've been waiting to see it. Baz Luhrmann is one of my very favourite directors which made the wait feel even more longer, although I was sure that it would be worth it.

KQCF 2013: Seoul LGBT Film Festival

So far, all we have is dates. When will more information come out? This website needs to be updated! Mark your calendars ^^


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