Escape from Mogadishu, Heading for the Oscars

Director Ryoo Seungwan's Escape from Mogadishuis the main character that will create the ‘Korea Syndrome’ for the third consecutive year at the Oscars. KOFIC (Korean Film Council) selected Escape from Mogadishuas the representative film in 2021 Korea and t...

Director RYOO Seung-wan Held 'Master Class' at Beijing Film Academy

Blockbuster director RYOO Seung-wan held a Master Class at the Beijing Film Academy on December 1. Co-hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and China’s Beijing Film Academy, the master class gave Chinese film students and filmmakers the opportunity to lear...

Korean Academy of Film Arts Holds ‘3D, Once Again'

The Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Sae-hoon) will open ‘3D, Once Again’ during the 19th Bucheon Internation Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). It is time to look back at the achievements made in 3D film produc...

The First Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival Now Open

The Berlin File as Opening Film The very first Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival will be held this year from October 2nd until the 8th. It’s the first time to screen Korean films in a multiplex in Latin America. There has been screenings of older Korean films...

Estonia and South Korea Sign Co-operation Memorandum

A 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 ...

Korean Films Dominate During 1st Quarter

Local Box Office on Fire Heading Into Spring 2012 ended with a slew of new records for the Korean film industry but 2013 has gotten off to an even better start, hinting at even greater heights to be reached throughout the year. A varied mix at the marquees po...

KOFIC Publishes Special Berlinale Edition of KOREAN CINEMA TODAY

Magazine Explores Latest Trends in Industry Just ahead of the opening of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has unveiled a special Berlinale edition of its quarterly print magazine Korean Cinema Today. As ten Korean ...

Tokyo Welcomes Korean Film

Feverous Interest in Korean Film at the TIFFCOM The reception for promotion of Korean location incentive successfully took place at the Tokyo International Film Festival Content Market in Japan. Consecutive success of co-production project meeting entitled...

Korean Cinema Today’s November issue is out

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has launched the November issue of the <Korean Cinema Today> webzine at http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/ and it set to launch the iPad version on Nov. 28. In the November issue, Korean Cinema Today’s top featurelooks at ...

KOFIC attends 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival (June 11-19) and SIFF Market (June 13-15) KOFIC holds KO-Production in Shanghai (June 13-15)

Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman KIM Eui-suk) opens Korean Film Center at 2011 SIFF Film Mart (June 13-15) to promote Korean films and support international sales for Korean films and Korean post-production company's advancing to the Chinese market. ...