Controversial Director KIM Ki-duk Dies from COVID Complications

Two years after leaving Korea when a number of serious allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct were levelled against him, the controversial and award-winning filmmaker KIM Ki-duk met with an ignominious end in a Latvian hospital, where he succumbed to ...

THE WOMAN WHO RAN Makes Off with Best Screenplay Prize in Bucharest

The Woman Who Ran, the 24th film from HONG Sang-soo, has netted the director the Best Screenplay prize at the recently concluded Bucharest International Film Festival. HONG’s film received the prize during the closing ceremony of the festival’s 16th edition, w...

THE WOMAN WHO RAN Selected for NYFF Main Slate

Acclaimed director HONG Sang-soo will participate in the 58th New York Film Festival with his latest film The Woman Who Ran, which has been invited to NYFF’s main slate. The film, his 24th, is already his 11th to be invited to the event. The Woman Who Ran debu...

4 Korean Films Selected for 2018 Berlinale

The Forum section of this year’s 68th Berlin International Film Festival will welcome three Korean films, while another has been confirmed for the Panorama Special lineup. Acclaimed director Hong Sangsoo will unveil his latest workGrassthere while SHIN Dong-se...

Cartagena Film Festival to Honor KIM Ki-duk

6 Film Retrospective to Be Staged Korea’s indie maverick KIM Ki-duk is set to be honored at the Cartagena Film Festival (FICC), the oldest festival in South America, during its upcoming 55th edition. The festival will take place in Cartagena de Indias, Colomb...

Trends in November: Korean Films in Japan

Festivals and Special Screenings In early November, two big names of Korean cinema both classic and current, KIM Ki-young and KIM Ki-duk, were the subjects of special screenings at Cinemavera Shibuya. The event took place from November 1st until the 11th in To...

Five Korean Films Invited to Vesoul

10 MINUTES in Running for Cyclo d’OrThe Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema is gearing up for its 20th edition next month and has invited a quintet of current and past Korean films to its 2014 lineup. LEE Yong-seung’s 10 Minutes will compete in ...

Month-Long KIM Ki-duk Retrospective in Berlin

Kino Arsenal Celebrates Korean Auteur Much like last year’s comprehensive HONG Sangsoo retrospective, the Kino Arsenal theater in Berlin, Germany is planning to stage a month-long look at director KIM Ki-duk’s career this September Following his start in 199...

Fierce Competition for Distribution of PIETA

Sharp increase of interest in the film from buyers after screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Global interest in Pieta, the winner of the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice Film Festival, has drastically been increasing. According to a representati...

Director KIM Ki-duk’s reputation goes world-wide

Pre-sales to more than 20 countries after the screening of PIETA Pieta, released in Korea with an extreme world-wide attention, was screened at the competition section of the 69th Venice Film Festival and is being sold to numerable countries. An influential fi...