The eighth edition of this popular annual survey of new films from one of the world's most dynamic filmmaking regions includes special appearances by Na Hong-jin, the writer/director behind two outstanding action dramas, THE CHASER and THE YELLOW SEA.

This festival is co-presented with the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art with the generous support of the Korea Foundation. Films at AFI Silver are listed to the right. For information on screenings taking place at the Freer, visit asia.si.edu.

 AFI Member passes accepted at all films in the Korean Film Festival series.

A broke taxi driver in the no-man's-land between the borders of North Korea, China and Russia agrees to commit a contract murder to get out of his debts, but when his plans go awry, a bloody war erupts between ruthless rival gang bosses.

DIR/SCR Na Hong-jin; PROD Han Sung-goo. South Korea, 2010, color, 137 min. In Korean with English subtitles. RATED R

Sat, Apr 21, 7:00

When one of cop-turned-pimp Jung-ho's girls goes missing, he thinks it's a rival moving in on his territory. But the truth turns out to be much more sinister in this inventive and suspenseful thrill ride.

DIR/SCR Na Hong-jin; SCR Hong Won-chan, Lee Shin-ho; PROD Choi Moon-su. South Korea, 2008, color, 125 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Sat, Apr 21, 10:30

Hailed as "easily Korea's feel-good film of the year" by Maggie Lee in The Hollywood Reporter, this box-office smash from SCANDAL MAKERS director Kang Hyung-chul is a heartfelt and touching dramedy about a group of female friends reuniting after twenty years.

DIR/SCR Kang Hyung-chul; PROD Ahn Byung-Ki. South Korea, 2011, color, 124 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Tue, Apr 24, 9:00; Thu, Apr 26, 9:00

Nicknamed "The Action Kid" in Korea, filmmaker Ryu Seung-wan (CRYING FIST, THE CITY OF VIOLENCE) has delivered the best film of his career with this sprawling tale of corruption in the South Korean criminal justice system.

DIR/PROD Ryu Seung-wan; SCR Park Hoon-jung; PROD Kim Yun-ho, Ku Bon-han. South Korea, 2010, color, 119 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Tue, May 22, 6:45; Wed, May 23, 9:20

Captain Ahab's monomaniacal obsession with the white whale in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" serves as a metaphor for a reporter's determination to uncover a vast conspiracy in this action-filled thriller set amid tension between North and South Korea in 1994.

DIR/SCR Park In-jae; SCR Park Shin-gyu. South Korea, 2011, color, 112 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Tue, Jun 12, 9:10; Wed, June 13, 9:10