While the London Korean film festival finds room to showcase arthouse offerings, more mainstream and commercially orientated Korean films have been featured in the London East Asia film festival.
She said: “It’s a Korean film and he’s a Korean film-maker but in many ways he is his own genre.
On the morning after Parasite’s win, however, she and others were eager to emphasise the rich diversity of Korean film-making.
It also included a spotlight on North Korean film, which may have to wait some time before its Oscars moment.