'The Final Semester' wins Best Picture at Film Critics Awards, with Park Jung-min wins Best Actor

The Korean Association of Film Critics has awarded this year’s Best Picture honor to director Lee Ran-hee’s ‘The Final Semester.’ The association announced the winners of the 45th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards on the 6th.

Director Lee Hwan’s ‘Project Y’ Wins Best Picture at the London East Asia Film Festival

‘Project Y’, directed by Lee Hwan and starring Han So-hee and Jeon Jong-seo, has won the Best Picture Award in the competition section of the 10th London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF). According to the festival’s organizing committee on Nov. 3, the film — wh...

The 10th London East Asia Film Festival Opens… Ha Jung-woo Receives Achievement Award for 'The People Upstairs'

The 10th London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) opened on the 23rd (local time) at the Odeon Leicester Square theater in London, the festival committee announced on the 27th. This year's festival theme is 'Faces of Asia', celebrating the diversity ...

AI filmmakers set sights on global stage as Seoul festival connects to Cannes

The World AI Film Festival is bringing its celebration of artificial intelligence and cinema to Seoul, with WAIFF Seoul 2026 set to unfold March 6-7, 2026, at Lotte World Tower in Songpa-gu. The event is organized by Vision Culture, a content strategy agency, ...

‘Your Letter’ shines on global stage with pre-sales in 166 countries

The Korean animated film, "Your Letter," achieved a milestone by securing overseas distribution and pre-sales in 166 countries, its distributor Lotte Entertainment said Monday. Among the countries where the film has been pre-sold are Japan, Singapore, ...

'No Other Choice,' 'The Ugly' lead Blue Dragon Film Awards nominations

Park Chan-wook's satirical thriller "No Other Choice" swept up 12 nominations to lead the field for the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards, with Yeon Sang-ho's experimental microbudget whodunit "The Ugly" close behind with 10 nods, as South K...

Yoon Ga-eun’s ‘The World of Love’ Breaks Korean Wave Ban with Chinese Release

Director Yoon Ga-eun’s first feature in six years, ‘The World of Love,’ has secured a Chinese distributor, Barunson E&A announced Monday. Despite the lingering effects of the Hallyu ban (Hanhanryeong, China’s restriction on Korean pop culture), the film is now slated for release in China.

Musical Independent Film ‘Gyeongseong Touring Troupe’ Blooms in Jinju

Filmed “short and strong” over just 13 days, edited for a year and a half — completed through the dedication of local actors and staff. At last month’s Seoul premiere, many viewers said it was “more entertaining than expected.”The film will officially open on the 24th.

Confusion and love coexist in the world of eighteen… ‘The World of Love’

 A scene from the film ‘The World of Love’[Provided by Barunson E&A. Redistribution and database use prohibited.] If you were to photograph every moment in the day of Joo-in (played by Seo Soo-bin), a high school senior, and show each photo to di...

Director Kang Yoon-sung, who made a feature film using AI: “It might actually create more jobs.”

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly becomes part of everyday life, concerns have grown that it will take away human jobs — replacing work once done by people with greater efficiency and at lower cost. However, director Kang Yoon-sung, who made “Run to the ...