Brussels CINEMATEK Hosts Hong Sangsoo Retrospective

The CINEMATEK in Brussels, Belgium is currently holding a retrospective featuring the works of Korean auteur director Hong Sangsoo. The event, which was first announced by the Belgian-European Union (EU) Korean Cultural Center on January 13, features all 21 of...

Hong Sangsoo Receives 5th Grand Prize from Busan Film Critics

KWON Hae-hyo and HAN Ye-ri Take Acting Honors Director HONG Sangsoo will receive the Grand Prize at the 18th Busan Film Critics Association Awards for both On the Beach at Night Alone and The Day After. It is the auteur’s fifth time to take home the prize, fol...

Museum of the Moving Image Stages HONG Sang-soo Retrospective

17 Features and 2 Shorts from Acclaimed Korean Auteur in New York The Museum of the Moving Image in New York is currently staging a complete retrospective of the work of acclaimed Korean auteur HONG Sang-soo. Featuring all his feature films, save for his most...

Latest HONG Sang-soo Tapped for NYFF Main Slate

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN Heads to New York The New York Film Festival (NYFF) has invited HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then to its upcoming 53rd edition as part of its 26-film main slate. This marks the eighth time that the auteur has had a film invited to NY...

15th Edition of Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI)

When I Met HONG Sangsoo at BAFICI In Latin Amerian culture the number 15 is very symbolic. When girls reach their fifteenth birthday, they throw a big party. They invite all their friends and family and, aside from their wedding day, this is the most importa...

HONG Sangsoo’s Latest to Compete in Berlin International Film Festival

International poster of NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON released HONG Sangsoo’s new film Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, scheduled to be released in February, 2013, has been invited to the official competition section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. HONG ...

“I Want to be in a Film by HONG Sangsoo”

Kase RYO expresses desire to be in a HONG Sangsoo film Director HONG Sangsoo and Japanese actor Kase RYO met at Cinemart Shinjuku in Tokyo on November 25th where a special retrospective on HONG was being held. The two met when they took part at a special tal...