COIN LOCKER GIRL Picks Up Award in Giffoni

3rd Korean Film to Earn Gryphon Award Following LEE Sang-woo’s Barbie in 2012 and LEE Joon-ik’s Hope last year, HAN Jun-hee’s Coin Locker Girl became the third Korean film in just four years to pick up the top Gryphon Award in the Generator +18 section of th...

Moscow to Feel a LEBANON EMOTION

Jeonju Hit Invited to Official Competition Fresh from winning the CGV Movie Collage award as part of the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival’s Korean Competition, the independent feature Lebanon Emotion is gearing up for its first international appearanc...

The World Pays Attention on the 14th JIFF

Short! Short! Short! & Jeonju Digital Project Short! Short! Short! and Jeonju Digital Project are undoubtedly the representative programs of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF). This year, these two programs catch attention from the world as us...

JISEUL Picks up Grand Prize at Sundance Film Festival

O Muel’s Film Victorious in World Cinema Dramatic Competition The 2013 edition of the Sundance Film Festival has just come to a close and O Muel’s Jiseul has been awarded the Grand Jury Prize, the top of award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. This n...

14th Jeonju International Film Festival Announces Shorts Project

Short stories meet film Jeonju International Film Festival has released details of its 'Short! Short! Short! 2013', a project which promotes up-and-coming directors’ new vision. This year the program will consist of short films based on a Korean wr...

Korean Films Shine in Asia-Pacific Region and Europe

CHOI Min-shik, CHO Min-soo and LEE Sang-woo win awards at Int'l Film Festivals Actor CHOI Min-shik who starred in director YOON Jong-bin's Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time has won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The aw...

LEE Sang-woo’s <Barbie> shines at Giffoni

Director LEE Sang-woo’s fourth feature film, <Barbie>, nabbed a Gryphon Award for best feature film in the Generator +18 section at Italy’s 2012 Giffoni International Film Festival (GIFF). LEE’s win is a first for a Korean film at Giffoni.   This y...