Vancouver Makes Way for Korean Films

The Dragons & Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival returns in 2016 under the new name Gateway with 25 features, including a quintet of works from South Korean filmmakers. Frequent VIFF invitee HONG Sang-soo once again appears on the ...

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...

Five Korean Indies to Screen in Rotterdam

IFFR Takes Busan Trio and latest from HONG sang-soo, Jogko ANWAR Five independent Korean films, three of which had their world premieres at the 20th Busan International Film Festival last October (though all five screened there), are set to have bows as part ...

BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2015 Announced 24 Projects Selection

ACF SupportsProspective Asian Filmmakers in Cash Grants and Production Services BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) announced its 24 selections for 2015. ACF has recruited projects over the past three months in three categories: Script Development Fund, Post-Produc...

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...

Korean Short Animation Feted by Warsaw Film Fest

NOODLE FISH Wins Warsaw Film Festival Animation Award KIM Jin-man’s short animation Noodle Fish won the Best Animated Short award at the 28th Warsaw Film Festival. This 10-minute-long animation made using noodles that talks about fish received the Best Ani...

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 ...

<Romance Joe> to compete at Rotterdam Tiger Awards

This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the complete line-up for its Tiger Awards Competition. The 15-film selection includes Korean director LEE Kwang-kuk’s<Romance Joe>, which will make its international premiere. PARK H...

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...

A Fish to be Rotterdam’s first 3D Tiger competitor

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announcedSouth Korea’s <A Fish> will be the first 3D filmin itsannual Tiger Awards Competition. This came with the announcement for the first five selected titles in the Tiger Awards category. A debut...