KOFIC Publishes 2018 Korean Film Industry Report

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) published its Korean Film Industry report for 2018. This report analyses the general state of the Korean film market and the general trends over the last year sector by sector. According to the report, overall admissions in 2018...

Korean Film Night held by KOFIC at the Berlin International Film Festival

On February 11 at 8 pm (local time), the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) held the Korean Film Night in the Koreanisches Kulturzentrum (Korean Cultural Center) of Berlin, Germany. The event was organized by the Korean Cultural Center in collaboration with KOFIC to ...

KOFIC to Monitor Illegal Online Distribution of Korean Films

Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman OH Seok Geun) has once again stepped forward to curtail illegal online distribution of Korean movies. The organization will be targeting online illegal content overseas, including Korean language websites based overseas and...

KOFIC Held Vietnamese Film Days

Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman OH Seok Geun) introduced Vietnamese films to local moviegoers. From July 18th to 19th, the Lotte Cinema’s World Tower screened three Vietnamese films during the ‘Vietnamese Film Days’ event. Co-hosted by KOFIC, Vietnam Cine...

KoBiz Online Screening Service for BIFAN 2018 Kicks Off

Service Available for 3 Months from July 13 to October 12, 2018 The KoBiz online screening service operated by theKorean Film Council(KOFIC) will feature 47 movies from theBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN), available on its official website ...

2018 KAFA Films Now on the KoBiz Online Screening Service

From April 16th 2018, films from students of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) is available online. Last year, through a collaboration with Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the online screening platform offered 33 films from the festival's se...

The Easiest Way for Everyone to Write a Scenario

The scenario editor and analyzer program, “CineHangul”, has been released. It is the first attempt to develop and launch a scenario editing software in Asia. On March 19th, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK), the Screenwriters ...

Korean Box Office Report in February 2018

This year’s Lunar New Year was not very good for Korean comedy films. According to the February 2018 Report on the Korean Film Industry by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman OH Seok Geun), moviegoers watching foreign films such as Black Panther and Coco ...

Korean Box Office Sees Slight Drop in Sales in January 2018

The Korean box office figures for January 2018 were released. Although Korean films like Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) and 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) did well in January, the total sales of the Korean film industry retreated slightly, accord...

KOFIC Launches Reorganized KoBiz Site

Frequent visitors to Korean Film Biz Zone (KoBiz) (http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/main/main.jsp) may have noticed something different lately. In February, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC – Chairman, OH Seok Geun) launched a reorganized KoBiz English website th...