MODERN KOREAN WOMEN

Presented by: Korean Film Archive and Leeds Film Quarter

"Leeds Film Quarter is delighted to be the first international partner to present KOFA's new Modern Korean Women retrospective,an intriguing selection of features exploring female roles in a Far Eastern society,"

The most exciting filmmaking nation of the moment, Korea has a phenomenal,mostly unchartered cinema history and the country's national film agency KOFA is working hard to restore and promote some of the several thousand films produced.Leeds Film Quarter is delighted to be the first international partner to present KOFA's new Modern Korean Women retrospective,an intriguing selection of features exploring female roles in a Far Eastern society from six decades.Not until the 1990s was there much positive change in Korean women's social status,or even change for the women appearing in film: witness their demeaned depiction in the early work that contrasts with the societal shakedown in the most recent film A Good Lawyer's Wife.

"Modern Korean Women" is brought to the region by Leeds Film Quarter. Run by Leeds Film, LFQ utilises venues across the city to explore the vast and challenging universe of cinema that lies beyond the known mainstream, often featuring the only UK screenings of selected films and frequently
presenting brand new prints.

In addition to the year-round Leeds Film Quarter and education programmes, it delivers the annual Leeds International Film Festival (10-20 November 2005) and Leeds Young People's Film Festival (Easter 2006)


The complete season of Modern Korean Women films are:

Madame Freedom
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 7th May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53242

My Mother and the Guest
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 8th May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53243

Girl's Night Out
Ster Century Cinema Monday 9th May 6.15pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53246

Young-ja's Heydays
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 14th May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53241

Ticket
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 15th May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53244

A Good Lawyer's Wife
Ster Century Cinema Monday 16th May 6.15pm
Ster Century Cinema Wednesday 18th May 8.15pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53248

The Marriage Story
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 21st May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53245

To You, From Me
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 22nd May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53247