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THE LONG TAKE FILM CLUB
Films worth thinking about. People worth talking to. Monthly.
We screen standout cinema you won’t find elsewhere, then discuss it properly over beer and pizza. Curated by film curator and critic Deniz Sertkol and François Smit—who’ve spent their careers finding films that matter.
Not film theory. Just films that deserve your full attention, and conversations with people who give them exactly that. Monthly screenings for members and friends at The Bioscope.
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Better Together: A Night of Unsettling Encounters and Unexpected Connections
What’s better than one film club?
Correct -Two film clubs. For Spooky Season is enjoyed better together!
The Long Take Film Club and K-Cinema Club join forces to bring two eerie Korean shorts from this year’s BIFAN (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival) alongside acclaimed drama Aloners.
Join us at The Bioscope for a special evening of unsettling encounters and the human connections that bring us back together.
The night opens with two new short films from emerging Korean female directors, bringing supernatural intrigue to the programme: a village hiding long-buried secrets, a forbidden séance and a mysterious phantom nun.
The feature is the internationally acclaimed Aloners (2021), a quiet, perceptive portrait of aloneness in contemporary city life. The film screened at the Toronto, San Sebastián and Hong Kong International Film Festivals, and won the Grand Prix at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, Best New Director at Cairo, Best Actress at Torino, and the Special Jury Prize and NETPAC Award at Vesoul.
Discussions follow both the short-film programme and the feature.
THE PROGRAMME
Magma | 2026 | 21 min | Directed by Felt KimAfter her father disappears and fragments of his bones are discovered, Ju-young returns to her unnaturally quiet hometown and her Deaf younger brother. As she uncovers what has long been buried, something beneath the village appears to be stirring.
Seventy Times Seven | 2026 | 17 min | Directed by Kim Yeon-jooDriven by his younger brother’s death, a Catholic deacon attempts a forbidden séance. Instead of his brother, a mysterious phantom nun appears and offers him the truth in exchange for a confession, forcing him to confront the unforgivable.
Aloners | 2021 | 91 min | Directed by Hong Sung-eun | Starring Gong Seung-yeonJina is a top-performing call centre employee who has shut herself off from the world. She lives, eats and sleeps alone, with her phone as her closest companion. When she is asked to train a friendly new colleague, while dealing with an intrusive neighbour and calls from her estranged father, the carefully constructed walls around her begin to shift.
Content note: themes of death, grief and the supernatural.
Presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and House of Shem.