San Sebastián to Stage ‘Flowers in Hell’ Classic Korean Film Retrospective

Indie Breakout ALONERS Invited to New Directors Section in SpainThe San Sebastián International Film Festival is taking a trip back to Korea’s golden age of cinema this year after revealing that their upcoming 69th edition will feature a seven-title retrospect...

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...

Christoph Terhechte, head of Berlinale’s Forum Section, Receives Korean Cinema Award

The 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced the recipient of its Korean Cinema Award. “BIFF has selected Christoph Terhechte, the head of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section, as the recipient of this year’s Korean Cinema Awar...

Korean Film Archive Opened a New Facility to Preserve and Restore Korean Films

Symposium and Special Screening to Celebrate the Opening of Paju Preservation Center Korean Film Archive (KOFA) opened Paju Preservation Center on May 19th for stable and continuous preservation and restoration of Korean films and related materials. Paju Pre...

BIFF to Showcase ‘Hidden Masterpieces of the 1960s’

8 Lesser Known Classics Screen in Korean Cinema Retrospective The first section to be revealed for this year’s 20th anniversary edition of the Busan International Film Festival is the Korean Cinema Retrospective, which will continue its mission of shining a ...

KOFA Launches New Blu-ray Collection

The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) have launched the first two titles of their brand new Blu-ray Collection. Released on December 10th, KIM Ki-young’s The Housemaid (1960) and HA Gil-jong’s The March of Fools (1975) were revealed as spines number 001 and 002 of th...

Toronto Korean Film Festival Kicks Off 3rd Edition

Rather than program a recent hit, the Toronto Korean Film Festival (TKFF) kicks off its third edition today (May 27th) with a screening of YU Hyun-mok’s classic noir The Aimless Bullet (1961). Over the coming days, the festival will showcase a variety of featu...

KOFA Hosts Global Seminar on Restoration

Korean Film Archive Invited Top Asian Archiving Experts2014 has been a busy for the Korean Film Archive (KOFA), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Following the release of its top 100 Korean films list earlier this year, as well as announcements concer...

KOFA Issues New Family Film DVD Boxset

Co-Released by Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismThe Korean Film Archive (KOFA), hot off its recent bounty of news concerning therestoration of The Aimless Bullet (1961), their first Blu-Ray releases (The Housemaid [1960] and March of Fools [1975]) and th...

THE AIMLESS BULLET to Be Digitally Restored

The masterpiece The Aimless Bullet (1961) by YU Hyun-mok is going to be digitally restored. The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) revealed its plan to begin a digital restoration of the Korean classic realist film, which depicts a story about a frustrated character i...