Seoul Eco Film Festival to Highlight Concerns over Air Pollution

The Seoul Eco Film Festival, which used to be known as the Green Film Festival in Seoul, held a press conference in Seoul on April 24 to announce its lineup. The event will stage its 15th edition from May 17 to 23 and this year’s opening film will be the Swiss...

LEE Myung-se Appointed as Executive Chairman of Green Film Festival in Seoul

LEE Myung-se has been appointed as the new Festival Chairman of the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFISS) ahead of its 15th edition. This year’s GFFIS will take place from May 17 to 23. The appointment makes LEE the first filmmaker to lead the festival since it...

Spring Ushers in Film Festival Cornucopia in Korea

As spring got underway the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) took place for the 18th time from late April to early May, and as always it served as the unofficial kick off point for the busiest part of the Korean film festival calendar. Between now and ...

Green Film Festival in Seoul Kicks off on May 18th

CITY OF GHOST to Open 2017 Edition Amid Climate Change Concerns The Green Film Festival in Seoul is returning for its 14th edition, which will get underway on May 18th at Samsung Hall and Arthouse Momo at Ewha Women’s University. The festival has put forward a...

Record Number Entries for Green Film Festival in Seoul

The 14th edition of the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS) has announced about its submissions. GFFIS received 1,550 entries from 104 countries around world from November 21st of 2016 to February 10th of 2017. These include 369 features and 1,181 shorts. It ...

Video Artist CHA Jea-min Returns to Berlinale

Video artist CHA Jea-min has been invited to partake in the Forum Expanded section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival next month, returning to the festival two years after she debuted with two prior works in the same section. Her new project Twelve...

13th Edition of Green Film Festival in Seoul to Receive Another Record Submission

1,341 Films in the Green Competition Section, from 111 Countries The 13th edition of Green Film Festival in Seoul, to be held in May, has received the most submissions of all time in the Green Competition section. The executive office has announced that as ma...

Green Film Festival Begins 11th Edition

This Year’s Theme Is ‘Green Asia’Going into its 11th year, the Green Film Festival in Seoul, the only environmental film festival in Korea, kicked off on Thursday, May 8th with an opening ceremony at the Cinecube Theater in Central Seoul. This year’s opening f...

KIM Tae-yong Directs Video to Celebrate10th Green Film Festival in Seoul

Director KIM Hopes "It Will Become a More Cheerful Feast” KIM Tae-yong, the director of Late Autumn, directed a video for the celebration of the 10th Green Film Festival in Seoul. He was the director of the official trailer of GFFIS and member of the executive committee in 2011 and the MC of the opening ceremony last year. He became to keep his...