Director Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film Won the Silver Bear at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival

At the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, Director Hong Sangsoo's 27th feature <The Novelist's Film> has won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. After winning the Best Director for <The Woman Who Ran> in 2020 and the Best Screenplay for...

7 Korean Films, Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival

The Novelist's Film(2021)Seven Korean films are heading for Berlin. The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the lineup of invited films on January 19 (local time). According to the news, Director Hong Sangsoo's new film <The Novelist...

HONG Sangsoo’s YOURSELF AND YOURS Scores US Distribution

Hong Sangsoo’s 18th film Yourself and Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, has finally found a US distributor. The New York-based outfit Cinema Guild will launch the film digitally and on home video on June 5. The film sta...

Hong Sangsoo and KIM Min-Hee Return to Berlin Competition with THE WOMAN WHO RAN

The 70 Berlin International Film Festival has been steadily revealing its program over the last few weeks and among its many sections will be three Korean projects, including Hong Sangsoo’s new film with KIM Min-hee, The Woman Who Ran, which will feature in th...

SWING KIDS to Compete at Fribourg International Film Festival

The Fribourg International Film Festival, long a champion of Korean cinema, is staging an especially Korea-centric edition this year, which will include KANG Hyoung-chul’s Swing Kids in international competition. Director BONG Joon-ho was also invited to curat...

THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE ON SALE Books Valentine’s Day Release

Korean horror-comedy The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale will hit screens on February 14. Fromnew director LEE Min-jae, the film stars KIM Nam-gil (The Shameless, 2015), UHM Ji-won (MISSING, 2016), JUNG Jae-young (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), LEE Su-gyeong (Heart ...

WINTER’S NIGHT and SEO Young-hwa Awarded in Tallinn

JANG Woo-jin’s new arthouse film Winter’s Night has added to its awards haul after winning a pair of prizes at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn. The film earned the Best Director and Best Actress Award for SEO Young-hwa at the festival which concluded...

Special Jury Prize for JANG Woo-jin at Nantes

JANG Woo-jin’s third film Winter’s Night, which debuted as one of this year’s feature-length Jeonju Cinema Projects at the Jeonju International Film Festival in the spring, has picked up the Special Jury Prize from the 40th edition of the Festival of the Three...

Hong Sangsoo Returns to Locarno Competition with HOTEL BY THE RIVER

Hong Sangsoo will debut his latest film, and second from this year, at the 71st edition of the Locarno International Film Festival next month. Hotel by the River is the auteur’s 23rd film and sixth collaboration with actress KIM Min-hee. Hotel by the River wil...

AMPAS Invites 14 New Korean Members

Last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) welcomed its new members for 2018, which included a record 14 professionals from the Korean film industry, including an array of directors, actors, and below-the-line talents. Among the most p...