Sydney Stages ‘Off-Mainstream’ Contemporary Korean Cinema Spotlight

Tony Rayns Curates ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ Program For its 63rd edition, which kicked on June 8th, the Sydney International Film Festival is staging a ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ program, curated b...

STATELESS THINGS Director’s New Film Begins Production

KIM Kyung-mook Returns with THIS IS OUR END KIM Kyung-mook, who has received local and international acclaim for his film Stateless Things, is set to return with his latest feature This Is Our End (working title). The investor and distributor behind the film,...

Korean Films Introduced in Canada

16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Kicks off On November 7th, the 16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (TRAIFF) held a press conference at the Marriott hotel to showcase three Korean feature films in their program. Co-hosted b...

70 Korean Film Deal Made

Successful closing of Asian Film Market Asian film market that started on Oct. 8 was able to successfully close on Oct.11. This year’s market held at BEXCO has satisfied attendants with upgraded facilitation and operating system resulting in registration of ...

Not ‘Movies’ but ‘Yeonghwa’

Korean Cinema showcased at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art(MoMA), a world-renowned establishment for modern art, will screen 12 Korean films. The title of the event is ‘Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today’ and it will begin on the 19th September until the 30th at the ...

Korean films competing for major awards at international film fests

Korean films at international film festivals. There have been many news reports about Korean films that were invited to film festivals overseas this past July and August. KIM Ki-duk's Pieta has been invited to the competition section at the Venice Intern...

<Stateless Things> shown in competition at New Horizons

Director KIM Kyung-mook’s <Stateless Things>, which follows the interweaving tales of two young men who live on society’s margins, recently screened in International Competition at Poland’s 12th New Horizons International Film Festival, which closed on...

Korean films in the Hong Kong film festival

The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced their line-up to include five feature-length films from Korea - <Choked>, <Stateless Things>, <Moving>, <From Seoul to Varanasi> and <The Day He Arrives>. HKIF...

Interview with director KIM Kyung-mook

One of the Korean independent film community’s most remarkable young directors, KIM Kyung-mook made his feature debut with the unconventional <Faceless Things> (2005). He broadened his sights with <A Cheonggyecheon Dog> (2008) and has most recentl...

Rotterdam’s Spectrum takes three Korean films

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced its line-up to include three more Korean films in addition to the previously announced <A Fish>, the Tiger Awards Competition’s first 3D film. The film by PARK Hong-min will be joined by ROH...