Jeju Uprising drama 'Hallan' heads to New York Asian Film Festival

Ha Myung-mi's "Hallan," a mother-daughter survival tale set during one of the darkest chapters of modern Korean history, will screen at the 25th New York Asian Film Festival, local distributor Whenever Studio confirmed Tuesday.

Director Ha and lead actor Kim Hyang-gi will both attend the festival for talks with the audience, the studio said.

The invitation comes paired with an off-screen tie-in: in partnership with the Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation, the festival will host an exhibition in New York s ...