Actors Lee Youngae & Kim Sangkyung, Appointed as Jury Members for the Actor & Actress of the Year Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held for 10 days from October 5 to 14, has appointed actor Lee Youngae and actor Kim Sangkyung as jury members for the ‘Actor & Actress of the Year Award.’ The Actor & Actress of the Year Award ...

JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku Hold Hands for WOO-RI, JA-YOUNG

Rising stars JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku will be teaming up for the romantic comedy Woo-ri, Ja-young (working title), which will mark the commercial filmmaking debut of acclaimed indie filmmaker JEONG Ga-young. Ja-young (JUN Jong-seo) is a 29-year-old woman wh...

BFI London Film Festival Picks 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Notably, among the quintet, four of the titles are from women directors. The full lineup includes House of Hummingbird, Maggie, The House of Us, Heart and The Dude in Me. On...

MOON So-ri and JANG Joon-hwan to Visit Korean Film Festival DC

The Korean Film Festival DC returns this month for its 2019 edition, which will unfold from May 10 to July 1. This year’s event will feature 11 recent Korean titles as well as a pair of very special guests, acclaimed actress MOON So-ri and director JANG Joon-h...

London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT

The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return ha...

SAKAMOTO Ryuichi to Receive Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award in Busan

BIFF Actor & Actress of the Year Award Jury to Feature KO Hyun-jung and YU Jun-sang The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will return for its 23rd edition this October and the festival recently announced that famous Japanese composer SAKAMOTO Ryuich...

NYAFF Invites 10 from Korea for 17th Edition

The New York Asian Film Festival will return for its 17th edition at the end of this month, lifting its curtain on the 29th. Among this year’s lineup will be ten Korean films, including JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat in competition. Korean actor KIM Yun-seok will...

M-Line Brings Commercial Drama, Acclaimed Indies and VR Content to EFM

M-Line Distributionpresented a wealth of titles at this year’s European Film Market (EFM), which include several upcoming commercial titles, an array of acclaimed independent films as well as their first VR content acquisitions. Leading their slate is the upco...

Korean Specialty Film Distributors Announce 2018 Lineups

Korea’s specialty film distributors have confirmed their lineups for 2018.Korean distributors specializing in art house and independent films, such as CGV ARTHOUSE, INDIESTORY, Cinema DAL, MOVement and Atnine Film.Meanwhile, after receiving critical acclaim an...