KOFIC to Commemorate 1st anniversary of PARASITE’s Academy Award Triumph With Documentary

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC; Chairperson KIM Young-jin) produced a special documentary program in collaboration with Arirang TV to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the Academy Award wins of PARASITE. This program, which was conceived as a follow-up to the...

KAFA to Host 2015 KAFA+ Masterclass: Planning Heart-winning Films with LIM Sang-jin

The Korean Film Council’s Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) will host a pre-production masterclass entitled “Planning Heart-winning Films” at CGV’s Cine Library in Myungdong, Seoul, on 30 September. Guest speaker is Story & Story CEO LIM Sang-jin, who is ...

Korean Film Night in Berlin a success

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 ... All the Korean directors invited to the festival were on hand to receive the spotlight:KANG Je-kyu - whose <My Way> is screening in the Berlinale Panorama, LEE Han - whose <Punch> is in the Generation 14plus section, KIM Joong-hyeon - whose <Choked> is in the Forum, JEON Kyu-hwan– whose <From Seoul to Varanasi> is in the Panorama, and LEE Woo-jung (<Ad Balloon>) and KIM Souk-young (<Anesthesia>) in the Berlinale Shorts competition. <From Seoul to Varanasi> lead actor YOON Dong-hwan was also on hand.

Korean Cinema Today’s January webzine is out

This month’s <Korean Cinema Today> webzine is live with a lead story examining last year’s total box office results. Korean film industry expert Darcy PAQUET looks back on 2011’s hits and misses as well as South Korean movie-going trends. A second feat...