Baltic Cinema: 
Tale of Cinema (Geuk Jang Jong)
Thu 10 July | 18:30
£6 Full price / £4 Students, under 18s, unwaged and 65+
Hong Sang-Soo South Korea / France 2005 89’ (cert. 15)Korean with English subtitles | 35mm transferred to digital video
The second of our opening two films for the Baltic Cinema programme is prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo’s mischievous, elliptical love letter to cinema. Playful and bewitching, 
Tale of Cinema
’s casual style and sense of humour belies a complex and meticulous structure, with coincidences and symmetries arising from a film-within-a-film at its core which will continue to reverberate long after you leave the cinema.
In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen. Their stories will cross paths thanks to their love for cinema.
"A sublime reflection on the cross-pollination of art and life."
 —John Berra, Sight & Sound
Doors open 18:30; Film starts 18:45. Baltic Kitchen is open until 18:30 for drinks, which you are welcome to take up to the cinema.
Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.
Baltic Cinema
Baltic Cinema is a new year-round cinema programme at Baltic, lighting up our Level 1 Cinema with the best new and archive films. Bringing otherwise rarely-screened work to the North East, Baltic Cinema also expands our exhibitions, offering a chance to explore further some of the themes they raise.
Baltic Cinema has five strands:
Currents 
presents new work from across the world
Sources
 expands on our exhibitions
Selected 
shows films selected by our artists and partners
Quayside Kino
 is a monthly screening for families and children
News From Home
 offers films on and from the North East, for the people who live here
All regular screenings take place in our Level 1 Cinema. In addition, you can catch free drop-in films in Front Room every week. 
See full programme of screenings here.
Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of 
the BFI Film Audience Network.
Accessibility
We want our events to be inclusive and accessible. If you have any accessibility requests or questions, please email 
myexperience@balticmill.com
. Ahead of your visit, you can find out about Baltic's facilities and accessibility 
here
.
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