IHYANGJEONG: CARVING WITH MEMORIES to Compete at SXSW Film Festival

The short film Ihyangjeong: Carving with Memories has been invited to take part in the XR (Extended Reality) Experience Competition at the forthcoming SXSW Film Festival. From director Lee Sunghwan, it is the only Korean film among this year’s SXSW selection.I...

KKUM and POISON Selected for SXSW 2021

A pair of Korean short films have been invited to screen at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. Acclaimed filmmaker KIM Kang-min’s new animation KKUM (2020) will feature in the Animated Shorts Competition while the VR film Poison, by directors...

Korean Shorts Invited to Sundance Film Festival 2021

KKUM and AVA FROM MY CLASS to Screen in Park City The yearly film festival calendar will be kicking off once more with the Sundance Film Festival and while this virtual edition is bound to be a very different kind of event in the midst of the global pandemic,...

A DISTANT PLACE and BLACK LIGHT to Compete in Tallin

Two Korean features and a pair of shorts have been invited to screen at the 24th edition of the prestigious Black Nights Tallinn International Film Festival (POFF). PARK Kun-young’s A Distant Place and BAE Jong-dae’s Black Light will compete in separate sectio...

KKUM Picks Up Nelvana Grand Prize at Ottawa International Animation Festival

Animation filmmaker KIM Kang-min has earned the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) with his short film KKUM. He is the first Korean filmmaker to take the top prize at OIAF, which is considered one of...

Fantasia Announces Final Wave, Confirming 15 Korean Titles

Last week, the Fantasia International Film Festival revealed its third and final wave of programming for this year’s 24th edition, which will take place exclusively online from August 20 to September 2. The Korean thriller Bring Me Home (2019) has been added t...