KOFIC Successfully Held Korean Film Night in BIFF

KOFIC held Korean Film Night on October 7th, at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Busan. Korean Film Night is a BIFF event held by KOFIC every year, where the filmmakers and businessmen all over the world meet in Busan to celebrate the achievement of Korean cinema an...

Korean Films Maintain Overwhelming Dominance on August

Korean films maintained high market share in August 2016 as ever. According to the report on Korean film industry by Korean Film Council (KOFIC), local films recorded 69.1% of market share in August after 60.9% of July. However, the number of domestic film vi...

KOFIC Hosts Popular Korean Film Night at Cannes Film Festival

The Korean Film Council (Chairman - KIM Sae-hoon) held its annual Cannes Film Festival event, the Korean Film Night on Sunday the 15th, at the Plage Royale on the Croisette. With five films at the Cannes Film Festival this year, including three high-profile fe...

Special Screening to Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Indieplus

Special screening to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Indieplus, indie film exclusive theater in Seoul, has been held with the theme of “The Films That We Watched Together 5 Years Ago.” In the screening list are Dancing Cat, Play, The King of Pigs, Green Days,...

KOFIC Signs MOU with Kazakh Film

Local filmmakers: “We would like to know about Korea’s know-how in film production systems.” The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) signed an MOU with Kazakh Film that promotes the film industry of Kazakhstan in the Korean Film Showcase for Korean cinema to develop n...

Korean Cinema Branches Out into Central Asia

The Korean Film Council will hold a Korean cinema showcase at the 10th Kazakhstan International Eurasia Film Festival The Korean Film Council (Chairman KIM Eui-suk) will begin to make inroads into Central Asia after South America. From September 15 through 20...

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 ...

KOFIC launches subtitled and arthouse film screening listings

This week, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is launching a service to provide listings for subtitled Korean film screenings and arthouse screenings on its Korean Film Biz Zone (KoBiz) website (www.koreanfilm.or.kr). Aimed at helping foreigners in Korea experi...