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[Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles]

■ First Seoul Green Film Festival
Through Oct. 26
Three Venues in Seoul
A film festival presenting short and feature-length works dealing with environmental issues will be held at three venues in downtown Seoul _ Star Six Theater, Cinecube Theater and Seoul History Museum _ through Oct. 26. The festival will screen some 100 films from 19 countries and will include question-and-answer sessions with international directors after the screening of the films. The festival will begin tonight with the screening of "1.3.6". (photo), a compilation of short films by Lee Young-jae, Song Il-gon and Jang Jin. The festival is divided into six sections: Green Panorama, Children of the Earth, Environmental Competition, Theme 2004 _ Namu (Trees), Retrospective of Tsuchimoto Noriaki and a Special Screening section. "The Corporation", a documentary detailing the creation of capitalism; "Pretty Big Feet", a Chinese film about life in a small rural village, "Atanarjuat", a film based on an Eskimo folktale; and "Dong River Flows On", a documentary showing the potential negative effects of building a dam will be shown. Tickets: 4,000 won for regular screening. Details: www.gffis.org.

■ Megabox European Film Festival
Megabox theater in COEX Mall
From Oct. 27 through 31

The festival, in its fifth year, will present recent popular and critically acclaimed films from Europe. Over half of the 29 films to screen will be in English or have both English and Korean subtitles. Details: www.meff.co.kr

■ Uri Hyong (My Brother) (2004)
Cine Core Theater
Once daily

The film tells of the changing relationship between two brothers with completely different personalities in Pusan, as they go through their high school years into adulthood. Located near Chonggak Station on subway line 1. Details: (02) 734-9539 or www.seoulselection.com.

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