Documentary KIM-GUN (2018) won the Grand Prize at this year’s 7th Wildflower Film Awards, which took place in Central Seoul on May 22 while February was the most awarded film with a total of three prizes. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the event, which celebrates Korea’s vibrant low-budget film scene, and which was the first major film gathering to take place in the country since the ...

KIM Da-mi, the breakout star from this year’s mystery-action-drama The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, has received the Rising Star Award from this year’s recently concluded London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF). The new star was in London to receive her prize during the festival’s closing ceremony on November 4 at the Vue Piccadilly cinema, which was followed by a presentation of the closing fil...

Korea’s specialty film distributors have confirmed their lineups for 2018.Korean distributors specializing in art house and independent films, such as CGV ARTHOUSE, INDIESTORY, Cinema DAL, MOVement and Atnine Film.Meanwhile, after receiving critical acclaim and having had successful festival runs, many of these Korean art house and indie films have secured additional deals for distribution outside...

(March 19 – 22, 2012) with sales companies such as 9ers, Mirovision and P.I.C. The Korean booth will also play host to production companies Film Factory Nu:n, Inc. and P.A.M. Korea Media as well as technical services companies Studio SH, Moneff and Studioraon, Inc.Organizations such as the Busan Film Commission (BFC), Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Puchon International Fantastic Film ...

This year at the Berlinale, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) held its annual Korean Film Night reception Feb. 13 at the Café Einstein in Berlin. Celebrating Korean cinema and the Korean films selected to the festival, the event was held in cooperation with the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). All the Korean directors invited to the festival were on hand to receive the spotlight:KANG Je...

This month’s issue of the <Korean Cinema Today> webzine has gone live with a top feature story on the most anticipated films of 2012 in Korea. Film journalist KANG Byeong-jin profiles hot upcoming releases such as IM Sang-soo’s <The Taste of Money>, CHOI Dong-Hoon’s <The Thieves> and KIM Ji-hoon’s <The Tower>. A second feature gathers together profiles of the Korean films...