Glasgow Film Festival 2021

Glasgow is one of the friendliest film festivals on the planet with a wide-ranging programme that celebrates every corner of world cinema...from our beloved Glasgow Film Theatre and at selected venues across the city. 

This month the Glasgow Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 24 February to Sunday 7 March and they have a fine selection of films. Below are the trailers for some of East Asian entries. A few gems we haven't heard of so peep the reviews and get you tickets booked for this online event.

GFF have a Country Focus ticket bundle which offers a special, reduced price to watch all 5 South Korean films for £46 (instead of £9.99 each). Info here: https://athome.glasgowfilm.org/bundle/country-focus-south-korea/

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victim(s)

Director: Layla Zhuqing Ji
Cast: Xianjun Fu, Wilson Hsu, Kahoe Hon
Country:Malaysia 
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Genre: drama
2020

voice of silence

Director: Hong Eui-jeong
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Seung-ah
Language: Korean with English subtitles 
Country: South Korea
Genre: Crime Drama
2020

the swordsman

Director: Choi Jae-hoon
Cast: Jang Hyuk, Kim Hyeon-soo, Joe Taslim
Language: Korean with English subtitles
Country:South Korea
Genre: Period martial arts action
2020

spring tide 

Director: Yang Lina
Cast: Lei Hao, Elaine Jin, Junxi Qu
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Country: China
Genre: Family drama Year: 2019

Our Midnight

Director: Lim Jung-eun
Cast: Lee Seung-hun, Park Seo-eun, Lim Young-woo
Language: Korean with English subtitles
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Year: 2020

Minari

Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, and Yuh-Jung Youn
Language: Korean (English subtitles) / English
Country: America
Genre: Family Drama
Year: 2020

Checkout our piece we wrote about the representation of Hollywood films titled, What makes an American film, American?

Dreams on Fire

There isn't a trailer for this movie, but as the film is about a dancer played by Bambi Naka, here is a video of her work

Director: Philippe McKie
Cast: Bambi Naka, Masahiro Takashima, Akaji Maro
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Year: 2021

Da Capo

Director: Shim Chan-yang
Cast: Hong Isaac, Jang Ha-eun
Language: Korean with English Subtitles
Country: Korea
Genre: Musical Drama
Year: 2020

Back to the Wharf

Director: Li Xiaofeng
Cast: Zhang Yu, Song Jia, Wang Yanhui
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Country: China
Genre: Drama
Year: 2020