ALONERS Competing for Cyclo d’Or at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema

Hong Sungeun’s debut film Aloners is competing for the Cyclo d’Or at this year’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in their Narrative Competition. It is the first Korean film to be invited to Vesoul’s main competition since Sub-zero Wind (2018...

HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS to Open 26th Busan Film Festival

BIFF Announces New Currents and Vision ProgramsAhead of its official unveiling later this month, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has started revealing several sections of its upcoming 26th edition, such as the New Currents and Korean Cinema Today-...

SUB-ZERO WIND Competes for Vesoul’s Cyclo d’Or

The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas kicked off its 25th edition on February 5 and is featuring four films from Korea this year. KIM Yuri’s debut work Sub-Zero Wind (2017) is screening in competition while three classics spanning from the 19...

Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne to Receive BIFF Korean Cinema Award

Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, the co-founders of the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie (Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas), will receive this year’s Korean Cinema Award at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), awarded for ...

MOTHERS Picks Up NETPAC Prize in Vesoul

LEE Dong-eun’s sophomore drama Mothers picked up the NETPAC Award at the recently concluded Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France. Featuring A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and The Table (2017) star LIM Soo-jung, Mothers (2017) tells of a y...

MOTHERS and A TIGER IN WINTER to Compete in Vesoul

CLAIRE’S CAMERA also Books Screenings in France The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema will be back for its 24th edition on January 30. Three Korean films, LEE Dong-eun’s Mothers, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter and HONG Sangsoo’s Claire’s Ca...

E J-yong Takes in THE BIG PICTURE with Mirovision

Following last year’s critical indie hit The Bacchus Lady, director E J-yong has set his next project, which will be a Korean remake of the French thriller L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (‘The Man Who Wanted to Live His Life’), based on the novel ‘The Big Pi...

BABY BESIDE ME Earns Vesoul Prize

SON Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me (2016), a feature length production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) has earned the Jury Guimet Prize from the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The event ended its 23rd edition on Valentine’s...

Vesoul Hosting ‘South Korea: Cinema and Literature’ Retrospective

18 Titles Invited to Asian Film Festival in France The Vesoul International Festival of Asian Cinema will return on February 3rd. For its 22nd edition, the festival will host 18 films from South Korea, including 16 in a special retrospective dedicated to cine...

Director IM Sang-soo to Lead Vesoul Jury

Vesoul International Asian Movies Film Festival Prepares 22nd Edition Vesoul International Asian Movies Film Festival, a longtime supporter of cutting edge Korean cinema, is preparing to unspool its 22nd edition next month, over February 3rd to the 10th. The ...