Four Korean Nominees at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Four nominees from Korea have found themselves on the nominations list for the upcoming 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), to be held in Brisbane, Australia on November 21. Featuring in the Best Feature Film category will be BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed new ...

Sewol-Themed BIRTHDAY Selected as Udine Far East Film Festival Opener

The new drama Birthday, featuring veteran stars JEON Do-yeon and SUL Kyung-gu, has been selected as the opening film of this year’s 21st Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which will take place from April 26 to May 4 in Udine, Italy. From debut director LEE Jong-u...

Cinémathèque Française to Hold LEE Chang-dong Retrospective

Acclaimed auteur LEE Chang-dong will be the subject of a full career retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française. The program will unfold from August 28 to September 2, prior to the release of his new film Burning in France on August 29. The program will kick ...

JEON Do-yeon and SUL Kyung-gu to Celebrate BIRTHDAY

Seventeen years after appearing together in PARK Heung-sik’s romantic drama I Wish I Had a Wife, stars JEON DO-yeon and SUL Kyung-gu are reuniting for the upcoming film Birthday (working title). Marking the feature debut of former LEE Chang-dong assistant dire...

Golden Slipper for THE WORLD OF US at Zlin

YOON Ga-eun’s Debut Wins Bigs at Children’s Film Fest Director YOON Ga-eun’s debut feature The World of Us continues to garner global acclaim after winning the Golden Slipper, the top prize at the 56th Zlin Film Festival, the International Film Festival for C...

Dublin Invites Three Korean Films

OUR SUNHI, THE FAKE and NEW WORLD to Screen in Ireland For its 2014 lineup, which will kick off on February 13th, the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) has invited three Korean films to its Official International Selection. Making the trip to...

Slew of Korean Films Invited to Fribourg

SLEEPLESS NIGHT and YOUR TIME IS UP Will Compete for Top Prize The 27th Fribourg International Film Festival announced its program on Thursday, which included a staggering 10 Korean films. The festival, which takes place over March 16-23, will feature 103 fe...

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...