KOFIC-CNC, Agreed to Set Up ‘Korea-France Film Academy’

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and the Centre National Cinmatographie in France (CNC) agreed to establish the Korea-France Film Academy. Park Kiyong, chairperson of KOFIC, and Dominique Boutannat, chairperson of CNC, discussed the need for cooperation in the ...

Making BIFAN’s Night Hotter, K-Movie Night Bucheon 2022

Filmmakers and cineastes from Korea and abroad visited the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), which opened as an offline event with the audience for the first time in 3 years, and at 8 p.m. on July 8, the K-Movie Night Bucheon 2022 ven...

A Special Exhibition at the 26th BIFAN, ‘It’s Going on: 39+1, KAFA’

Director Jo Sunghee’s Don't Step Out of the House(2008)The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) is holding a special exhibition, ‘It’s Going on: 39+1, KAFA.’ Mo Eunyoung, the programmer of BIFAN said, "We prepared this special eve...

KAFA’s Two Films, The Apartment with Two Women & Thunderbird, Invited to the Competition section of the Udine Far East Film Festival

Invitation to the international film festivals continues for the films of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)’s 14th feature film production program. KAFA's two films, The Apartment with Two Women and Thunderbird, have been invited to the Competition se...

Missing Yoon & DROWN of KAFA, Invited to the Competition at the Jeonju IFF

The graduation films of the Feature Film Programs at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) have been invited to the international film festivals one after another. The 14th graduation films of KAFA, Missing Yoon and DROWN have officially been invited to the c...

Aloners, the Grand Prize Winner at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival

Award-winning news of the film <Aloners> at film festivals continues. Director Hong Sungeun's <Aloners> won the Grand Prize (the Best Picture) at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival, which closed on March 20, 2022.The film <Aloners>, depic...

7 Korean Films, Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival

The Novelist's Film(2021)Seven Korean films are heading for Berlin. The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the lineup of invited films on January 19 (local time). According to the news, Director Hong Sangsoo's new film <The Novelist...

Berlinale’s Forum Section Selects Jeonju Cinema Projects AFTERWATER and A FLOWER IN THE MOUTH

A pair of Korean co-productions supported by the Jeonju Cinema Project, Dane Komljen’s Afterwater and Éric Baudelaire's A Flower in the Mouth, have been invited to screen at the upcoming 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Both titles are among the fi... Afterwater, a co-production between Germany, Spain, South Korea and Serbia and the second feature from Serbian filmmaker Dane Komljen, received support from the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) as one of their Jeonju Cinema Projects and was originally scheduled to screen at the 2020 edition to the festival. However, owing to the pandemic, public screenings were not held. The film, which follows three people who explore the space around a lake, will thus have its world premiere in Berlin and subsequently screen officially at JIFF later this year.

Korean Academy of Film Arts’ The Apartment with Two Women, Officially Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival

The film <The Apartment with Two Women> has been officially invited to the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), which will be held in February 2022. The film is a graduation work from Korean Academy of Film Arts...

HA Jung-woo Packs His Bags for NIGHT TRIP

Korean star HA Jung-woo has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller Night Trip (translated title). From director KIM Jin-hwang, the project will be the first film financed by Kakao M, the entertainment company subsidiary of the Korean instant messaging gian...