KAFA Project MATE Welcomes the New Year

Mate, one of last year’s graduate film projects from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), will be released theatrically on January 17. The second directorial outing of JUNG Dae-gun initially premiered in competition at the Jeonju International Film Festival...

MICROHABITAT Earns Tiger Uncaged Award at NYAFF

JEON Go-woon’s acclaimed debut feature Microhabitat has picked up the Tiger Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Director JEON and actor AHN Jae-hong were on hand to receive the prize at the festival’s award ...

E Som and AHN Jae-hong Team Up for A LITTLE PRINCESS

Actress E Som has selected her next film project, which will be A Little Princess, the fourth feature from the filmmaker collective KwangHwaMoon Cinema. As with other KwangHwaMoon films, actor AHN Jae-hong will also appear in the film. E will be the lead in th...

THE QUEEN OF CRIME Sells to Five Asian Countries

Comedy-Thriller with PARK Ji-young Opens August 25 The Queen of Crime, a new comedy-thriller from director LEE Yo-sup with actress PARK Ji-Young, was sold by Contents Panda to several Asian territories, including Japan, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong and ...

20th Fantasia Books 20 from Korea

Canadian Fest Books International Premiere of FAMILYHOOD For its 20th anniversary, the Fantasia International Film Festival is pulling out all the stops, which includes a healthy selection of 20 Korean feature and short films. Among those will be the internat...

KIM Hye-soo Selects FAMILY PLAN as Next Project

Indie Filmmaker KIM Tae-gon to Direct Hot on the heels on Coin Locker Girl, which will bow at the Cannes Film Festival later this week, actress KIM Hye-soo has decided on Family Plan as her next starring vehicle. The feature will be directed by KIM Tae-gon, a ...

Best Script for SUNSHINE BOYS in Thessaloniki

Sunshine Boys competed at the recent 54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and was well received, earning its writer-director KIM Tae-gon the award for Best Screenplay. This is the second win for a Korean film at the event following KIM Tae-yong’s Gold...

Thessaloniki Takes a Shine to SUNSHINE BOYS

Korean Indie Competes in Greek Fest KIM Tae-gon’s Sunshine Boys has been invited to the official competition section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which kicks its 54th edition off today and will run until the 10th of November. The only time...

2nd Korean Cinema Today Showcase to Be Held in Berlin

Busan Intl. Film Fest, Korea Foundation and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Team Up For the second time, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the Korea Foundation and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) will cooperate to present ten Korean films in Berlin. ...

BEHIND THE CAMERA to Compete at Osaka Asian Film Festival

SUNSHINE BOYS and FAREWELL also invited Director E J-yong's Behind the Camera has been invited to the competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival which will open on March 8th. Osaka Asian Film Festival will also invited KIM Tae-gon's Sunshi...