GUIMOON: THE LIGHTLESS DOOR Wins Audience Award at Vancouver Asian Film Festival

The Korean horror film GUIMOON: The Lightless Door from director Sim Deokgeun won the People’s Choice Overall Feature Film Award last month from this year’s 25th Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF). Also on the awards list was filmmaker Hwang Donghyuk, who pi...

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-...

Korean Film Archive Reveals YOUN Yuh-jung Retrospective

KOFA to Present 18 Works from Academy Award Winner’s Illustrious CareerYOUN Yuh-jung, who made history last month as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar at the Academy Awards, where she picked up Best Supporting Actress Award for Lee Isaac CHUNG’s Mina...

Oscar Winner YOUN Yuh-jung Continues to Lay New Roots

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Ac...

YOUN Yuh-jung Claims Best Supporting Actress Wins from San Francisco, St. Louis Critics

Veteran actress YOUN Yuh-jung continues to pick up prizes in best supporting actress categories in North America for her performance in Lee Isaac CHUNG’s acclaimed Korean immigrant drama Minari. She recently won the Best Supporting Actress Awards from both the...

IM Sang-soo Preps American Debut SOHO SINS

Acclaimed filmmaker IM Sang-soo is preparing his Hollywood feature debut, an adaptation of the New York-set art world crime novel ‘Soho Sins’, written by Richard VINE. Korean outfit Yulmae Entertainment is producing along with the US-based 2W Network, which ow...

Cannes Taps PENINSULA and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS for Official Lineup

Though the festival will not take place this year owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival announced its 73rd official selection on the evening of June 3rd. Among the 56 titles for this unusual 2020 edition, which features no sections, ...

CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il Travel TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS

Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by cha...

Fantasia Adds 3 from Korea in 2nd Wave Announcement

The Fantasia International Film Festival has added three Korean films in its second wave of titles, bringing the Korean count to six so far for the festival’s 22nd edition, which will take place in Montreal from July 12 to August 1. The new invites go to PARK ...

Seoul Eco Film Festival to Highlight Concerns over Air Pollution

The Seoul Eco Film Festival, which used to be known as the Green Film Festival in Seoul, held a press conference in Seoul on April 24 to announce its lineup. The event will stage its 15th edition from May 17 to 23 and this year’s opening film will be the Swiss...