Yoon Daewon’s CICADA Claims Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Student Short Gets 2nd Place Prize in Cinéfondation CompetitionCicada (2021)Director Yoon Daewon has received the second place trophy in the Cinéfondation Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with his new short film Cicada.The Cinéfondation competit...

Cinéfondation Selects K’Arts Short CICADA

Yoon Daewon Film Invited to CannesThe Korean short film Cicada, from student filmmaker Yoon Daewon, has been invited to the Cinéfondation section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The short joins two other Korean features already invited to the prestigious ...

KIM Min-ju’s TWENTY Invited to Cannes Student Short Competition

The Korean short film Twenty from student director KIM Min-ju has been selected as part of the Cinéfondation lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of 17 student shorts invited to the competition this year and was chosen among 1952 entries...

SONG Joong-ki in Talks for Space Drama LIGHTNING ARC

Superstar SONG Joong-ki is in talks to reunite with his A Werewolf Boy (2012) director JO Sung-hee for the upcoming space-set drama Lightning Arc (translated title). Set against the backdrop of space, Lightning Arc is expected to combine Korean actors with an ...

END OF ANIMAL Remake on the Way

Receives Funding from Screen Australia   An Australian remake of JO Sung-hee’s Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) graduation project End of Animal is coming closer to realization after having won funding in the latest round of development funds from Scree...

Palme d’Or Triumph for Korean Short SAFE

Prosperous Second Appearance at Cannes for MOON Byoung-gon The illustrious Cannes Film Festival wound to a close last night (May 26th) issuing out its coveted awards that have had pundits guessing throughout the fest’s 12-day run. Korea, despite having no fe...