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Sun 11 Oct
|Royal Festival Hall, BFI Southbank & more
Korean films at BFI London Film Festival 2026
The Korean picks at this year's BFI London Film Festival: Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love, his first feature since Burning, with gala screenings at the Royal Festival Hall, plus Mokya Shin's documentary Easter about an ageing Korean trans burlesque star. Screenings run 11–18 October across the Southbank, ICA and Vue West End.
Time & Location
11 Oct 2026, 17:15 – 18 Oct 2026, 14:45
Royal Festival Hall, BFI Southbank & more, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
About the event
The main Korean interest in this year’s BFI London Film Festival is Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, with two gala screenings in the Festival Hall and one in Vue West End. Also screening is Easter, a documentary featuring “an ageing and charismatic Korean trans burlesque star”.
Tickets are on general release on 17 September.
Possible Love (가능한 사랑)
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Screenwriters: Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi
With: Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong
South Korea 2026. 164min
A chance meeting introduces filmmaker Ye-ji to Mi-ok’s family, whose lives have been affected by her husband’s unemployment. They’re perfect subjects for her documentary on workers who have been made redundant, leading them to spend more time in Ye-ji and her husband’s world. But as their connection deepens, the stark contrast between their class and background sees fractures appear in the collaboration, forcing them to confront their marriages and the wider world they all inhabit.
Screenings:
Sunday 11 October 2026 17:15 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 14 October 2026 14:15 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
Sunday 18 October 2026 12:00 Vue West End, EPIC 2
Booking: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=possible-love-lff26
Easter
Director-screenwriter: Mokya Shin
With: Saekja, Jinhyo Lim, Rosemary
South Korea 2026. 84min
As the spotlight fades and ornate costumes are put away, Saekja, an elder in the Korean adult entertainment scene, reflects on her life. We are made privy to her thoughts on love, connection and being honest narrators of our own story. Intriguing dance sequences and astonishingly lush aesthetics bring Saekja’s story to life, making Easter a often touching feast of thought and image.
Screenings:
Monday 12 October 2026 21:00 BFI Southbank, Screen NFT2
Wednesday 14 October 2026 18:40 ICA, Screen 1
Booking: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=easter-lff26
Find out more info or book your tickets on https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp
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