The Seventh London Korean Film Festival will open next Thursday.

The festival, which was first held in 2006, will open with recent blockbuster “The Thieves.” Forty of the latest Korean films will be screened during the festival that will run for two weeks at the London Odeon West End cinema.

The event will close with "Masquerade" which drew more than ten-million moviegoers in South Korea. The film’s stars Lee Byung-hun and Kim Yoon-suk will appear as special guests at the festival.

The festival will tour in four cities in Britain this year, including Bristol and Glasgow.