Filmfest München Invites Five Korean Indies

Filmfest München invited five feature films works from Korea for this year’s edition, which kicked off on June 28 and ran until July 7. Among the selected titles were LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter (2017), LEE Hwan’s Park Hwa-young...

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...

THE FORTRESS Set to Conquer Rotterdam

Three Korean projects have already been confirmed for the upcoming 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which will take place from January 24th to February 4th. HWANG Dong-hyuk’s period siege drama The Fortress, LEE Kwang-kuk’s latest indie drama...

Seoul Independent Film Festival Reveals Jury List

The 43rd edition of the Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF), one of the most renowned events for independent films in Korea, released the jury list for this year’s festival. The jury for the Competition category consists of directors BYUN Young-joo, LEE Hyu...

LEE Jin-wook Joins A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER

LEE Kwang-kuk’s third film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger has added a new face with actor LEE Jin-wook joining previously announced lead KO Hyun-jung. The film is about a man who is dumped by his girlfriend and goes on a journey, meeting an old flame alon...

KO Hyun-jung Returns with A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER

Actress KO Hyun-jung will end her five year break from the big screen by returning with the film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger. The film will be the third feature by acclaimed indie filmmaker LEE Kwang-kuk. The two previously worked together on HONG Sang...

Vancouver Makes Way for Korean Films

The Dragons & Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival returns in 2016 under the new name Gateway with 25 features, including a quintet of works from South Korean filmmakers. Frequent VIFF invitee HONG Sang-soo once again appears on the ...

BORN TO BE BLUE and Remastered DIE BAD to Bookend Jeonju Film Festival

JIFF Presents Program for 17th Edition The 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will open with Robert Burdreau’s Chet Baker biopic Born to Be Blue with Ethan Hawke on April 28th. A digitally remastered version of RYOO Seung-wan’s debut film ...

3rd Wildflower Film Awards Unveil Nominees

A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION, A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Lead the Pack The Wildflower Film Awards Korea return for their third edition next month and this week unveiled their 2016 nominees. In total, 22 films, including 15 fiction and 7 documentary works, are up fo...

11 Korean Films Invited to Vancouver

Old & New Compete in Dragons & Tigers The 34th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) announced its full lineup last week, which will include 11 Korean films, 10 of which will screen in the ‘Dragons & Tigers’ sidebar, curated by Asian film c...