7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5

The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering ope...

Florence Korean Film Fest Pulls Out All the Stops for 15th Edition

Later this month, the world’s longest running celebration of Korean film, the Florence Korea Film Fest, will return with a program boasting 44 feature-length and short Korean films. For its 15th edition, the festival will open on March 23rd with KIM Jee-woon’s...

Best Film for A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA at Asiatica Film Mediale

My Love, Don't Cross That River Also Awarded at Italian Film Festival JANG Kun-jae’s third feature A Midsummer’s Fantasia won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy. The critic...

Special Screening for the 20th Anniversary of Director HONG Sang-soo’s Debut

Four Masters Special Screening’ of LEE Chang-dong, HONG Sang-soo, PARK Chan-wook and KORE-EDA Hirokazu Will Take Place around the Same Time Special screenings are holding to look back the world of HONG Sang-soo’s works before his 17th upcoming feature film Ri...

HAN GONG-JU Tops Wildflower Film Awards

HONG Sang-soo and PARK Chan-kyong Among Winners The 2nd Wildflower Film Awards Korea finished with yet another trophy in HAN Gong-ju actress CHUN Woo-hee’s hands. The celebration of independent Korean films and filmmakers, which aims to bring underrated works...

The 9th London Korean Film Festival Successfully Closes

Doubled Audiences and Expansion to Online Screenings The 9th London Korean Film Festival (festival director: JEON Hye-jung) had a successful run from November 6th (Thu) through to 21st (Fri). The festival took place at 7 theaters in 4 cities (London, Norwich,...

LKFF Reveals Full Program

London Korean Film Festival Kicks off November 6 After teasing its program a few weeks ago, the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) has revealed the full lineup for its upcoming 9th edition. As previously reported, opening the event on November 6th will be YO...

IM Sang-soo Returns with MY FRIENDLY VILLAINS

20th Century Fox Pic Stars RYOO Seung-bum and GO Joon-hee Director IM Sang-soo began shooting My Friendly Villains, his eighth film, at the end of last month. Featuring stars RYOO Seung-bum and GO Joon-hee, the high concept thriller is being financed and distr...

SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards

Awards 13 Categories and 2 Special Recognitions Yesterday, on the second evening of the Busan International Film Festival, the Buil Film Awards took place at 5pm in the Haeundae Grand hotel’s Ballroom. The moderators for the evening were actors GWON Yool and ...

Sitges Invites Big Korean Lineup

16 Films at Europe’s Top Genre Film Festival The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is no stranger to Korean film and their upcoming 47th edition proves no exception as Europe toil destination for genre cinema has invited a 16-strong de...