THE HORSE THIEVES and MOONLIT WINTER to Bookend 24th Busan Film Festival

The Busan International Film Festival will descend on Korea’s second largest city once more next month for its 24th edition, which will open with the film The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, co-directed by Kazhakstan’s Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV and Japan’s Lisa TAKE...

HKIFF to Celebrate Centenary of Korean Cinema with 10-Film Program

The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has partnered with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC - Chairman, OH Seok Geun) to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Korean films this year with a special "Centenary of Korean Cinema" program, whic...

IM Kwon-taek to Be Honored at 9th Asian Film Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award for Korean Cinema Legend in Macau Revered Korean director IM Kwon-taek will be handed a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th edition of the Asian Film Awards, due to be staged next Wednesday (March 25th) at the Venetian in Macau. G...

ALIVE Wins Special Mention at SGIFF Silver Screen Awards

Another Award for Director and Actor PARK Jung-bum At the 25th Singapore International Film Festival, the Silver Screen Awards recognized PARK Jung-bum’s Alive by handing him the Special Mention Award. The awards took place on the 13th (local time), and the f...

Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards

CHOI Min-sik and CHUN Woo-hee Take Home Acting PrizesWinners for the 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards, which will be held on November 13th in Seoul’s Art Nine theater, were announced on November 3rd. HONG Sang-soo’s Hill of Freedom was revealed as t...

IM Kwon-taek to Be Feted in Singapore

3 IM Classics Join 4 Current Korean Films in Lineup As his 102nd film Revivre makes its way around the world, veteran director IM Kwon-taek is set to visit the Singapore International Film Festival in December, where he will receive a lifetime achievement aw...

BIFF to Stage Full IM Kwon-taek Retrospective

70 Films to Screen, Numerous High Profile Introductions The 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will pay tribute to the Korean Master director IM Kwon-taek and present the Korean cinema retrospective program ‘Fly High, Run Far: The Making of Korean ...

IM Kwon-taek’s Masterpieces from the 1970s and 80s

Korean Film Archive releases 'IM Kwon-taek' DVD Box The Korean Film Archive has released the DVD Box Set of director IM Kwon-taek’s four masterpieces. The films included in the collection were made from the mid-1970’s to the early 1980’s, namely Wang...

Share in a New Perspective on IM Kwon-taek's Career

Film Critic JUNG Sung-il’s Reviews of IM Kwon-taek’s Filmography on KMDb While it seems that in-depth film reviews have all disappeared these days, the film critic JUNG Sung-il is going to shed new light on IM Kwon-taek’s films with professional and sharp ...

IM Kwon-taek selected to oversee 2014 Asian Games ceremonies

KIM Young-soo, head of the 2014 Asian Games Organizing Committee, has announced that legendary Korean director IM Kwon-taek will act as executive producer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, to be held in Incheon, South Korea, in the fall of 2...