Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Returns for 15th Edition Next Month

The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) is returning for its 15th edition next month, which will run from August 8 to 13 in North Chungcheong Province. During a press conference this week in Seoul, JIMFF revealed this year’s program, which ...

9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival

The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to ...

KCCNY Celebrates 40 Years with Special Film Events

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) is putting on a series of cultural events throughout 2019, which include a pair of events related to Korean cinema. This month, Along with the Gods producer WON Dong-yeon visited Ne...

Berlinale Extends Invites to New Films from ZHANG Lu and LEE Su-jin

A pair of new Korean films have been added to the completed Forum and Panorama programs of next month’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Joining the forum lineup will be Fukuoka, the new film from director ZHANG Lu, while HAN Gong-ju (2014) director LE...

KIM Tae-yong and IM Kwon-taek to Return to Berlinale

KIM Tae-yong’s Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels(2018) and IM Kwon-taek’s 1980 classic Mismatched Nose (here under the title Jjak-ko, 1983) have joined the lineup of next month’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Both directors have participated in the ...

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...