MOON Byoung-gon Wins 2015 Lexus Short Film Series

To Produce a Short with The Weinstein Company MOON Byoung-gon whose short SAFE won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 66th edition of Cannes Film Festival, has won the 2015 Lexus Short Film Series at Napa Valley Film Festival held in California, US. The Lexus ...

Triumph of Young and New Films

Korean Indie Filmmakers Find Success at Film Fests 2015 was a fruitful year for Korean cinema for fledging talents. Up-and-coming feature directors - many of them are from the independent filmmaking scene - saw great leaps in their careers. Considering the m...

LEE Kwang-soo to Become a MUTANT

LEE Chun-hee and PARK Bo-young Also Confirmed for Cast On November 21st, CJ Entertainment announced the cast of an upcoming film, Mutant (w/t). LEE Kwang-soo, LEE Chun-hee, PARK Bo-young, JANG Gwang, Lee Byoung-joon and KIM Hee-won are confirmed for the cast. ...

Achievement Awards for BONG Joon-ho and MOON Byoung-gon

Last Friday, the Korean Film Actor’s Association handed its achievement awards for Korean film figures that have most contributed to the expansion of the local industry’s reputation abroad in 2013. The awards were given to BONG Joon-ho, director of the hit sci...

Korean Cinema on Show in Stockholm

Swedish Fest Takes 8 from Korea The Stockholm International Film Festival, which kicked off its 2013 edition on Wednesday, November 6th, invited eight Korean films, including seven features and one short, to its selection this year. The festival, which is in ...

AISFF Marks 11th Year This Month

Will Feature Shorts of Tony Scott, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuaron The Asiana International Short Film Festival will return for its 11th edition from November 7th to 1th. This year’s promotional video, an ethereal and intimate in the open country, was directed by actr...

Korean Quintet Head South to Brisbane

Auteur Features and New Shorts Screen in Australia The Brisbane International Film Festival in Australia is gearing up for its 2013 edition, which will take place from November 11th to the 24th. Five Korean film, including a trio of features and two shorts wi...

AFI Fest to Screen THE FAKE in New Auteurs

A selection of new Korean films will be making its way to Los Angeles where they will screen as the part of the American Film Institute’s AFI Fest. Five Korean features and an award-winning short have been invited by the festival to join their lineup next mont...

Big Korean Selection at Melbourne

MIFF Holds Special North Korean RetrospectiveBoth South andNorth Korean cinema will be on prominent display at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), which will take place from July 25th to August 11th. A number of Korean films that have al...

SAFE Congratulatory Screening Held to Celebrate Cannes Prize

MOON “Message Worked” A congratulatory screening of Safe that netted the Golden Palm Prize in the short film category at the Cannes International Film Festival for the first time as a Korean film was held along with a press conference on May 31st. The events...