KF to Host Central Asia Online Film Week from the 10th... Screening 5 Films from 5 Countries

Free Screening and Movie Talk Participation Opportunity for the Opening Film of the 2019 Busan International Film Festival

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The KF (Korea Foundation) Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum Secretariat announced on the 7th that it will hold the "2020 Central Asia Online Film Week" for ten days from the 10th to the 19th.

Anyone can watch five films from Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan through Naver TV without being restricted by time or place.

On the 11th, a small-scale offline screening will be held at Emu Cinema, a complex cultural space in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The screening will feature the Kazakhstani film , which was the opening film and world premiere at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival. To comply with COVID-19 prevention guidelines, only 20 viewers in total will have the opportunity to watch the film for free, with 10 people per each of the two theaters (each with a capacity of about 40 people).

After the screening, a special outdoor talk program will be held with panelists including Kim Young-jong, founding director of the Central Asian Studies Association, Kim Sang-chul, professor of Central Asian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and Shim Hyo-yoon, manager at the Asia Culture Institute. The program, titled "Central Asia. The Path of Time," aims to help the audience better understand the film.

A KF official explained, "We hope that this new cultural enjoyment opportunity through Central Asian films will provide a small but lively stimulus to the daily lives of our people and the global community, who are exhausted due to COVID-19."

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