BAMSEOM PIRATES Wins Wildflower Grand Prize

JUNG Yoon-suk’s sophomore documentary Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (2017) became the first ever documentary film to pick up the Grand Prize at the Wildflower Film Awards, which held their fifth edition on Thursday, April 12. A documentary following a punk ban...

Wildflower Film Awards Announces Nominations for 5th Anniversary

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea will return for their 5th edition on April 12. Ahead of the ceremony the organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s awards, which include a new category for Best Music. The Wildflower Awards, founded by Korean film ...

BECOMING WHO I WAS Flies to Phoenix

The Berlinale award-winning documentary Becoming Who I Was from directors MOON Chang-yong and JEON Jin is set to continue its impressive run of international film festival selections after having received a fresh invite to next month’s Phoenix Film Festival. T...

Hawaii Film Festival Hails 14 from Korea

One of the top destinations in the world for Korean films, the Hawaii International Film Festival returns this month and includes a 14-strong delegation from the Far Eastern filmmaking powerhouse. The 37th HIFF kicked off on November 2nd. The bulk of this year...

BFI London Takes 4 from Korea

A quartet of Korean films will screen at next month’s BFI London Film Festival. Hong Sangsoo returns with On the Beach at Night Alone, one of his three titles this year, while Korea will also be represented by the Korean thriller MEMOIR OF A MURDERER and two d...

BECOMING WHO I WAS Scores North American Release in EFM

Korean documentary Becoming Who I Was, from director MOON Chang-yong and JEON Jin, has been picked up for North American distribution by Bond/360. The distributor will screen the film in New York before rolling it through on a multi-platform release. The film,...

Berlinale Awards KIM Min-hee Silver Bear for Best Actress

It was a big year for Korean films at the Berlin International Film Festival with a pair of major prizes going to Korean film talent at the conclusion of the 67th Berlinale on Saturday, February 18th. KIM Min-hee became the first Korean performer to earn a pri...

AUTUMN, AUTUMN Selected for Berlinale Forum

JANG Woo-jin’s second feature film Autumn, Autumn, has been selected for the Forum section of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The film joins HONG Sang-soo’s On the Beach Alone at Night and the documentary Becoming Who I Was in the lineup of the...

Berlinale Takes BECOMING WHO I WAS for Generation Kplus

The 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival is beginning to take shape, with the full lineups of the Generation sections and the Culinary program revealed in the last few days. Heading to Berlin next month will be the documentary Becoming Who I ...