BEAUTIFUL DAYS Selected to Open 23rd BIFF

Popular star LEE Na-young’s return to the screen, the North Korea-themed indie drama Beautiful Days, has been set as the opening film of next month’s 23rd Busan International Film Festival. During press conferences held in Busan and Seoul on September 5th, LEE...

Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Quintet

The Göteborg Film Festival will return on January 26 for its 41st edition, which will feature five films from Korea. Two among those, JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat(2017) and the documentary Letters (2017) by Marte Vold and Jero YUN, will screen in the Ingmar Ber...

VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris

The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was...

LEE Na-young Chooses Indie Title for Comeback Role

Actress LEE Na-young is set to return to screens after a six year hiatus as she has signed on to star in the independent title Beautiful Days. The film, which is the fiction feature debut of Jero YUN, will go before cameras in October before finding its way to...

MRS. B., A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN Secures French Release

Jero YUN’s documentary Mrs.B., A North Korean Woman is set to receive a French theatrical release on February 22nd of this year. The film, which debuted at the Jeonju International Film Festival last year, and went to take part in the Association du Cinéma Ind...

MRS.B., A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN Wins Prize in Zurich

Jero YUN Film Deemed Best Documentary in Switzerland Jero YUN’s film Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman, which debuted at the Jeonju International Film Festival this spring, has been awarded the main prize in the International Documentary Film Competition of this y...

Asian Cinema Fund Selects 22 Projects

New Documentaries from PARK Kyoung-tae, Jero YUN Ahead of the 21st edition of the Busan International Film Festival, the Asian Cinema Fund has announced 22 projects, including seven from Korea, that will receive support through the Post-Production Fund, Asian...

Brace of Awards for Korean Filmmakers in Moscow

Prizes for WORST WOMAN and MRS.B. A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN Two Korean filmmakers walked away with awards from the recent Moscow International Film Festival, which ran from June 23rd to 30th. Director KIM Jong-kwan received the FIPRESCI Prize for his indie drama W...

Jero YUN Preps Narrative Feature Debut with French Outfit Zorba

MA MERE to Chronicle Tale of North Korea-China Human Trafficking Director Jero YUN looks set to make his narrative feature debut with the help of the French production house Zorba. After featuring both a short film (Hitchhiker) in the Directors’Fortnight of t...

HITCHHIKER Catches a Lift to Directors' Fortnight

Short Brings Korean Count in Cannes to 5 On Tuesday morning, the 48th Directors’ Fortnight, a sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, announced its lineup. Among the listed films, which include Mario Bellocchio’s opening film Sweet Dreams and Paul Schrader’s clo...