Seoul After Dark

Personal Memories of Korean Cinema

 

Feb 4–25, 2026 @MoMA

 

뉴욕현대미술관(MoMA)이 2월 4일부터 25일까지 한국 영화제  '서울의 밤: 한국영화에 대한 개인적인 기억들(Seoul After Dark: Personal Memories of Korean Cinema)'을 연다. 

 

한국영상자료원(KOFA, Korean Film Archive)의 설립 50주년을 기념해 기획된 '서울의 밤'은 거장 감독 봉준호(기생충), 박찬욱(올드보이), 황동혁(오징어 게임)의 예술적 여정에 영향을 준 작품을 상영한다. 특히 범죄와 누아르 미학을 통해 사회적 균열을 끊임없이 탐구해온 흐름을 조명한다. 

  

이만희 감독, 장동휘, 문정숙 주연의 갱스터 영화 '검은 머리(Black Hair, 1964)'에서 2000년대의 바로크 스타일 복수극에 이르기까지 장르의 틀을 활용해 계층 이동, 경제적 불안정, 제도적 실패 등 사회문제를 어떻게 제기해왔는지 보여준다. 한국영화의 누아르 전통은 할리우드의 모방이 아니라 전후 압축적인 산업화, 권위주의 시대의 사회적 긴장 및 급격한 경제체제의 변화로 인한 혼란 등 역사적 압력에 대한 국지적인 반응으로 나타난다. 

 

이번 영화제에선 에밀 졸라 원작 박찬욱 감독, 송강호 주연의 스릴러 '박쥐(Thirst, 2009)'와 김훈 원작, 황동혁 감독, 이병헌 주연의 역사극 '남한산성(The Fortress, 2017)' 등 현대 작품과 복원된 1958년부터 1999년까지 작품을 상영한다. 이와 함께 봉준호 감독과 동시대 감독들의 초기 단편영화들로 한국 '뉴 웨이브' 세대 형성기의 실험작들을 엿볼 수 있다. 

 

영화제 기획은 MoMA의 데이브 케어(Dave Kehr)와 한국영상자료원의 오성지 큐레이터가 맡았다. 

 

 

Seoul After Dark

Personal Memories of Korean Cinema

 

Feb 4–25, 2026

Museum of Modern Art

 

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Korean Film Archive (KOFA), this program offers a range of curatorial voices, bringing together personal selections from some of Korea’s most internationally celebrated filmmakers alongside restored classics from KOFA. Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, and Hwang Dong-hyuk have each chosen films that illuminate their own artistic formation, creating an intimate portrait of influence and inspiration across generations.

 

The program traces a particular lineage within Korean cinema: the persistent examination of social fracture through the aesthetics of crime and noir. From Lee Man-hee’s psychologically corrosive Black Hair through the baroque revenge narratives of the 2000s, these films demonstrate how Korean directors have employed genre frameworks to pose questions of class mobility, economic precarity, and institutional failure. The noir tradition in Korean cinema emerges not as a stylistic imitation of Hollywood but as a local response to specific historical pressures: the compressed industrialization of the postwar decades, the social tensions of the authoritarian period, and the dislocations of rapid economic transformation.

 

Alongside contemporary works—including Park Chan-wook’s rarely screened Thirst and Hwang Dong-hyuk’s historical epic The Fortress—the program showcases archival restorations spanning from 1958 to 1999. A selection of early short films by Bong Joon-ho and his contemporaries also offers insight into the formative experiments of Korea’s “new wave” generation.

 

Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA, and Sungji Oh, Curator, Korean Film Archive.  

 

 

최후의 증인 (The Last Witness). 1980. Directed by Lee Doo-yong

Followed by a conversation with Sungji Oh (Korean Film Archive)

Wed, Feb 4, 7:00 p.m./ Tue, Feb 17, 7:00 p.m.

 

남한산성 (The Fortress). 2017 Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk

Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Hwang Dong-hyuk, moderated by Sungji Oh (Korean Film Archive)

Thu, Feb 5, 7:00 p.m./ Wed, Feb 18, 7:00 p.m.

 

달콤한 인생 (A Bittersweet Life). 2005. Directed by Kim Jee-woon

Fri, Feb 6, 4:00 p.m./ Thu, Feb 19, 7:00 p.m.

 

태 (Life Line). 1986. Directed by Hah Myung-joong

Fri, Feb 6, 6:30 p.m./ Thu, Feb 19, 4:00 p.m.

 

세계의 주인 (The World of Love). 2025. Written and directed by Yoon Ga-eun

Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Yoon Ga-eun, moderated by Sungji Oh (Korean Film Archive)

Fri, Feb 6, 7:00 p.m./ Fri, Feb 20, 7:00 p.m.

 

살인의 추억 (Memories of Murder). 2003. Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Sat, Feb 7, 1:30 p.m./ Sat, Feb 21, 6:30 p.m.

 

검은 머리 (Black Hair). 1964. Directed by Lee Man-Hee

Sat, Feb 7, 4:30 p.m./ Mon, Feb 16, 4:00 p.m.

 

인정사정 볼 것 없다 (Nowhere to Hide). 1999. Written and directed by Lee Myung-se

Sat, Feb 7, 7:00 p.m./ Sun, Feb 22, 1:30 p.m.

 

화분 (The Pollen of Flowers). 1972. Directed by Ha Gil-jong

Sun, Feb 8, 1:30 p.m./ Mon, Feb 16, 6:30 p.m.

 

춘향뎐 (Chunhyang). 2000. Directed by Im Kwon-taek

Sun, Feb 8, 4:00 p.m./ Tue, Feb 17, 4:00 p.m.

 

꼬방동네 사람들 (People in the Slum). 1982. Written and directed by Bae Chang-ho

Mon, Feb 9, 4:00 p.m./ Wed, Feb 18, 4:00 p.m.

 

기쁜 우리 젊은 날 (Our Joyful Young Days). 1987. Directed by Bae Chang-ho

Wed, Feb 11, 4:00 p.m./ Fri, Feb 20, 4:00 p.m.

 

낮은 목소리 (The Murmuring). 1995. Directed by Byun Young-joo

Wed, Feb 11, 7:00 p.m./ Sat, Feb 21, 1:30 p.m.

 

접속 (The Contact). 1997. Directed by Chang Yoon-hyun

Thu, Feb 12, 4:30 p.m./ Sat, Feb 21, 4:00 p.m.

 

오아시스 (Oasis). 2002. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong

Fri, Feb 13, 4:00 p.m./ Sun, Feb 22, 4:00 p.m.

 

지구를 지켜라! (Save the Green Planet!). 2003. Written and directed by Jang Joon-hwan

Fri, Feb 13, 7:00 p.m./ Mon, Feb 23, 4:00 p.m.

 

추격자 (The Chaser). 2008. Directed by Na Hong-jin

Sat, Feb 14, 1:30 p.m./ Mon, Feb 23, 6:30 p.m.

 

박쥐 (Thirst). 2009. Directed by Park Chan-wook

Sat, Feb 14, 4:30 p.m./ Tue, Feb 24, 4:00 p.m.

 

아가씨 (The Handmaiden). 2016. Directed by Park Chan-wook

Sat, Feb 14, 7:00 p.m./ Tue, Feb 24, 7:00 p.m.

 

탑 (Walk Up). 2022. Written and directed by Hong Sang-soo

Sun, Feb 15, 1:30 p.m./ Wed, Feb 25, 4:30 p.m.

 

로그 인 벨지움 (Log in Belgium). 2021. Written and directed by Teo Yoo

Sun, Feb 15, 4:00 p.m./ Wed, Feb 25, 7:00 p.m.

https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5880