Here are some suggestions for this weekend at the Jeonju Film Festival, which begins its first full day of screenings today. This evening, there are a couple of lengthy political documentaries for those interested: the 1968 Argentinian film THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES (which is also a very important film historically) at 5:00 pm, and THE HIMMLER PROJECT at 8:00pm. For more mainstream fare, at 8:00 pm there are two Korean films with guest talks from their directors: Hur Jin-ho’s  A GOOD RAIN KNOWS and Bae Chang-ho’s THE TRIP. Both Hur and Bae are respected and established filmmakers, and Hur’s 1998 CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST is a truly great film. However, getting tickets to anything at this late date may be difficult. Thus, keep in mind the midnight screening, especially if you are arriving late.

On Saturday, I am plan on seeing the following films: at 11:30, Miklos Jancso’s MY WAY HOME; at 2:30, the Romanian film POLICE, ADJECTIVE (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009), and at 5:00, the JIFF masterclass with Bong Joon-ho. Other films worth checking out: at 5:00pm, EMITAI, from one of the great African auteurs, Ousmane Sembene; at 8:00pm, Bruno Dumont’s HADEWIJCH; also at 8:00pm, Glauber Rocha’s 1969 Brazilian take on the western genre, ANTONIO DAS MORTES. The Korean film REC at 8:00pm also looks intriguing, as does the documentary LAND OF ANNIHILATION at 10:00pm. And again, there is the midnight screening, which features the great 1977 Japanese horror film HOUSE.

On Sunday, my schedule includes THE CONFRONTATION at 11:00am, the 1969 Japanese documentary PRE-PARTISAN at 2:00pm, and the masterclass with Pedro Costa at 5:00pm, which includes a screening of his 2006 film COLOSSAL YOUTH, often hailed as one of the best of the past decade. A few other films of note: at 5:00pm, as part of the Cinemascape shorts screening, there is the director’s cut of Lav Diaz’s BUTTERFLIES HAVE NO MEMORIES. This is a longer version of the short film from last year’s Jeonju Digital Project. I saw the original last year, and look forward to seeing the extended cut. And for fans of Harmony Korine, his new film TRASH HUMPERS plays at 8:00pm. The last of the midnight screenings includes Spike Jonze’s great WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, which got little to no theatrical distribution here in Korea.

The complete schedule is available here.

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