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SHIN Suwon
Director, Screenwriter
Director SHIN Suwon was born in 1967 in Korea. She graduated from Seoul National University and started her career as a teacher in middle school. During her teaching career she wrote and published two novels focused on teens’ lives. Finishing her 10 year career as a teacher, she entered the Korea National University of Arts(KNUA) and studied scriptwriting. After graduating from KNUA she started her career as a filmmaker. Her feature debut was 2009’s indie drama Passerby #...More
Director SHIN Suwon was born in 1967 in Korea. She graduated from Seoul National University and started her career as a teacher in middle school. During her teaching career she wrote and published two novels focused on teens’ lives. Finishing her 10 year career as a teacher, she entered the Korea National University of Arts(KNUA) and studied scriptwriting. After graduating from KNUA she started her career as a filmmaker. Her feature debut was 2009’s indie drama Passerby #3, which was in no small part derived from her own experiences trying to break into the industry. In 2012, her short film The Circle Line was invited to the Cannes Film Festival, where it earned the Canal+ Prize after it screened in Critics’ Week. Later that year, she revealed her sophomore feature Pluto at the Busan International Film Festival. Noted for its strong sense of style, the high school-set revenge film earned a special mention at the Berlin international Film Festival before being invited to screen all around the world. SHIN’s third feature <Madonna> was welcomed to the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. A dark women’s drama with SEO Younghee and new star KWON So-hyun, the film screened widely and received the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Narrative from the Hawaii International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director - Narrative Films Prize and Best New Actress Award (for KWON) from the Wildflower Film Awards Korea.Less
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The Korean Film Council Hosted ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ at Endemic Film Festival Successfully Apr 29, 2022At 8 p.m. on April 29, the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival Center was filled with more than 200 cineastes who visited the ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairperson Park Kiyong). The event was designed to form a close network between overseas cineastes and Korean cineastes who visited the 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival and introduce Korean films revealed i...
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Director Shin Suwon's new film, HOMMAGE, is heating up the world's leading film festivals. After winning the Best Jury Prize at the 20th Florence Korea Film Fest closed on April 15, the film has been officially invited to the Viewpoints section of the 21st Tribeca Film Festival.The Tribeca Film Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, a Hollywood actor, and started in 2002 to restore the me...
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HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS and ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU to Bookend 20th Florence Korea Film Fest Feb 23, 2022Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2019)The Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 20th edition this spring, taking place between April 7 and 15. A total of 76 Korean films are scheduled to screen at this year’s edition, including 35 feature-length titles and 41 short films.This year’s event will be bookended by director Im Sangsoo’s Heaven: To the Land of Happiness, which will serve as ...
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A New Vision for the Future May 07, 2015Becoming a Partner on the Path to the Global Film Industry Greetings to film lovers around the world! I’m happy to meet you again in time for the 68th Cannes International Film Festival. I’m KIM Sae-hoon, the Chairman of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). Once again, a number of Korean films havebeen invited to the festival this year, and they are preparing to greetinternational audiences and film ...
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Estonia and South Korea Sign Co-operation Memorandum Nov 11, 2013A new memorandum of mutual understanding will be signed by Estonia and South Korea during the Industry Days market event held in conjunction with this year’s Black Nights International Film Festival in Tallinn (POFF). The agreement, which will be the first of its kind between South Korea and a nation from Northern or Eastern Europe, is to be signed by the Director of the Estonian Film Institute, E...
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Guests Included JEON Do-yeon and IM Sang-soo For the 11th time, the city of Florence in Italy set the stage for a massive celebration of Korean cinema. The 11th Festival of Korean Cinema in Italy, also known as the Florence Korean Film Fest, took place from March 15th to 24th, featuring 52 works (32 features and 20 shorts), including 16 national premieres, and a number of high profile guests f...
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Box Office: July 25-August 7, 2013 Aug 08, 2013It is Snowpiercer’s world, and we are just living in it. BONG Joon-ho’s latest work reached four million domestic viewers as of 16:00 August 6th, as announced by CJ Entertainment. This record was established within seven days of its release on the 31st of last month. The record of the fastest to reach four million viewers used to be eight days, and was previously held by Transformers 3 (2011), The...
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<Hommage> Sydney Film Festival (2022) - Features
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<Hommage> Fajr International Film Festival ()
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<Hommage> Glasgow Film Festival (2022)
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<Hommage> Florence Korea Film Fest (2022) - Independent Korea
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<Hommage> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2022)
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<Hommage> Tribeca Film Festival (2022) - Viewpoints
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<Hommage> Tokyo International Film Festival (2021)
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<Light for the Youth> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2020) - WORLD CINEMA Global Vision
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<Light for the Youth> London East Asia Film Festival (2020) - SPECIAL FOCUS
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<Light for the Youth> International Film Festival of India (2021)
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<Light for the Youth> Malayisa International Film Festival (2020)
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<Light for the Youth> Florence Korea Film Fest (2020)
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<Light for the Youth> Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2020) - Linkage: Director X Critic
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<Light for the Youth> Aichi International Women's Film Festival (2020)
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<Dancing with Wind> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2020) - Korean Cinema
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<Light for the Youth> Febiofest - Prague International Film Festival (2020)
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<Mulbineul> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2019) - Korean Fantastic: Crossover
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<Light for the Youth> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2019) - Special Invitation - Features
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<Light for the Youth> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2019) - Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
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<Glass Garden> Helsinki Cine Asia (2018)
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<Glass Garden> Febiofest - Prague International Film Festival (2018) - Asian View
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<Glass Garden> Malayisa International Film Festival (2018) - Female Filmmakers in Focus
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<Glass Garden> Fantas Porto - Oporto International Film Festival (2018) - Orient Express
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<Glass Garden> London East Asia Film Festival (2018) - Competition
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<Glass Garden> Fantas Porto - Oporto International Film Festival (2018) - Fantasy Film - Best Screenplay
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<Glass Garden> Imagine Film Festival (2018)
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<Glass Garden> Korean Film Festival in Australia (2018)
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<Glass Garden> Florence Korea Film Fest (2018) - Orizzonti Coreani
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<Glass Garden> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2017) - Opening Film
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<Glass Garden> Hawaii International Film Festival (2017) - Spotlight on Korea
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<Glass Garden> Hawaii International Film Festival (2017) - Fantastic Asia
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<Madonna> Wildflower Film Awards Korea (2016) - Best New Actor
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<Madonna> Florence Korea Film Fest (2016) - Orizzonti Coreani - Audience Award
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<Madonna> Wildflower Film Awards Korea (2016) - Best Director - Narrative Films
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<Madonna> Beijing International Film Festival (2016) - Asian View
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<Madonna> Fribourg International Film Festival (2016) - International Competition: Long Films
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<Madonna> CinemAsia Film Festival (2016) - Competition
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<Madonna> Florence Korea Film Fest (2016) - Orizzonti Coreani - Jury Award
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<Madonna> Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (2015) - World Panorama
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<Madonna> Cannes Film Festival (2015) - Un Certain Regard
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<PLUTO> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2015) - Breathless
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<Madonna> Film Fest Gent (2015) - Official Selection - In Competition
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<Madonna> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2015) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
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<Madonna> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2015) - Best New Actress
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<Madonna> Hawaii International Film Festival (2015) - Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Narrative
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<Madonna> BFI London Film Festival (2015)
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<Madonna> Women's Film Festival in Gwangju (2015)
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<PLUTO> Florence Korea Film Fest (2013) - Jury Award
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<PLUTO> Dortmund/Cologne International Women’s Film Festival (2013) - International Feature Film Competition
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<PLUTO> Gijon International Film Festival (2013) - Rellumes/Sparkles
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<PLUTO> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2013) - Just Film
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<PLUTO> Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2013) - Discovery
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<PLUTO> Paris Korean Film Festival (2013) - Portrait
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<Circle Line> Paris Korean Film Festival (2013) - Portrait
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<Passerby #3> Paris Korean Film Festival (2013) - Portrait
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<Shave> Paris Korean Film Festival (2013) - Portrait
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<PLUTO> Korean Film Festival in Australia (2013) - Dark matter
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<Modern Family> Women’s Film Festival in Incheon : WFFII (2013)
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<PLUTO> Berlin International Film Festival (2013) - Generation 14plus
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<Modern Family> Florence Korea Film Fest (2013)
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<PLUTO> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2013) - Young Cinema Competition
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<Modern Family> Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2013) - New Currents
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<Circle Line> Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2013) - New Currents
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<PLUTO> Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2013) - New Currents
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<PLUTO> ZLIN Film Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth (2013) - Night Horizons
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<PLUTO> Sydney Film Festival (2013) - Features
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<PLUTO> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2013) - Focus on Korea
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<Circle Line> Cannes Film Festival (2012) - Critics' Week
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<PLUTO> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2012) - Korean Cinema Today-Vision
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<Passerby #3> Women in Film Korea Festival (2010) - Best Director
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<Passerby #3> Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival : CinDi (2010) - Butterfly
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<Passerby #3> Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival : JIFF (2010) - Special Section
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<Passerby #3> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2010)
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<Passerby #3> Tokyo International Film Festival (2010) - Winds of Asia-Middle East - Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award
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<Passerby #3> Syracuse International Film Festival (2010)
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<Passerby #3> Nara International Film Festival (2010)
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<Passerby #3> Cinemanila International Film Festival (2010) - Korean Independents