The Pyeongchang Hyoseok Cultural Festival is held in Bongpyeong-myeon Village in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do to commemorate Lee Hyo-seok, a modern Korean novelist most famous for his short story "When Buckwheat Flowers Blossom
September 5 - September 14, 2014
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One Early Dinner - 2012 was released on: South Korea: November 2012 South Korea: 24 November 2012 (Made in Busan Independent Film Festival) South Korea: 9 April 2013 (Seoul International Agafe Film Festival) USA: 24 April 2013 (Arizona International Film Festival)
First Grade - 2003 was released on: South Korea: 3 October 2003 (Pusan International Film Festival) South Korea: 5 October 2003 (Seoul Christianity Film Festival) South Korea: 8 December 2003 (Post Violence Youth Film Festival) South Korea: 2004 (Jeju Film Festival) USA: 2004 (Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival) USA: 3 January 2004 (Santa Barbara International Film Festival) France: 19 November 2004 (Lyon Asiexpo Film Festival) South Korea: 2005 (500Won Family Independent Short Film Festival) Greece: 2006 (Panorama of Independent Film Makers) South Korea: 2006 (Busan International Kid's Festival) Turkey: 2006 (Istanbul International Children's Film Festival) USA: 9 August 2006 (New York Korean Film Festival) Germany: 14 January 2008 (Asian Hot Shots Berlin Festival for Film and Video Art) USA: August 2008 (Asian Film Festival of Dallas) Canada: September 2008 (Non Violence International Film Festival)
Singles - 2003 was released on: South Korea: 11 July 2003 USA: 11 April 2004 (Philadelphia International Film Festival) South Korea: 9 October 2009 (Pusan International Film Festival)
Doenjang - 2010 was released on: South Korea: 13 October 2010 (Pusan International Film Festival) South Korea: 21 October 2010 USA: 14 January 2011 (Palm Springs Internation Film Festival)
Moscow - 2009 was released on: South Korea: 10 October 2009 (Pusan International Film Festival) Netherlands: 30 January 2010 (International Film Festival Rotterdam) USA: 23 April 2010 (San Francisco International Film Festival) South Korea: 1 December 2011
The USA didn't want south Korea to fall under a communist war because they were afraid of the domino effect. They didn't want other countries to fall under a communist rule.
Laundry - 2002 was released on: USA: January 2002 (Sundance Film Festival) Japan: 9 March 2002 (Tokyo) South Korea: 28 April 2002 (Jeonju International Film Festival) Norway: 18 October 2002 (Bergen International Film Festival) South Korea: 14 December 2006
Gaeulro - 2006 was released on: South Korea: 12 October 2006 (Pusan International Film Festival) South Korea: 26 October 2006 USA: 25 June 2007 (New York Asian Film Festival) Japan: 3 November 2007
Jogeum-man deo - 2005 was released on: Brazil: 2005 (Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival) France: 2005 (Cannes Film Festival) South Korea: 2005 (Mise-en-scene's Genres Film Festival) South Korea: 2005 (Asiana International Short Film Festival) USA: 2006 (Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Competition)
Ga-si - 2011 was released on: South Korea: 8 October 2011 (Pusan International Film Festival) USA: March 2012 (Miami International Film Festival) South Korea: 8 March 2012 USA: 21 April 2012 (San Francisco International Film Festival) Poland: 21 July 2012 (New Horizons Film Festival)
cannes Monaco City; also Busan, South Korea