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| Written by Lily and Generoso Fierro |
In the middle of the night a few weeks back, we were searching for information about Korean director Hong Sang-soo.
Three years ago, on a quiet Friday evening during a summer in Boston, we saw his 2011 film,
The Day He Arrives, and since then, we have been dedicated fans of anything by Sang-soo. After recalling our disappointment on missing 2012’s
In Another Country, we saw a listing that indicated that his most recent film,
Right Now, Wrong Then, was playing at AFI Fest 2015 here in Los Angeles.
We had seen the billboards and bench signs for the event, but in this city, there seems to be a festival of some kind every three days, so we did not investigate further than what a basic curiosity would inspire.
With the opportunity to see the newest Sang-soo, we immediately attempted to purchase tickets, but to our great surprise, all of the festival was free for the general public.
Beyond the enormous accessibility of the festival, what further impressed us was the sheer scale and caliber of talent, both on celluloid and in person, that the event offered.
After digging into the massive schedule, we realized that nearly all of the films that were high on our list throughout 2015 would be screening as part of the festival, and we were allowed to sign up for ten films each per day, confirming that we would be able to see these films we had been tracking before they reach local theater runs.
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