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...

JIFF Reveals Jeonju Cinema Projects for 21st Edition

The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has revealed the three Jeonju Cinema Projects that will populate its 21st edition, which will begin May 28. This year’s titles will be the homegrown films Three Sisters by LEE Seung-won and A Distant Place by PARK ...

Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019

Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial ...

HOTEL BY THE RIVER Tops Busan Film Critics Awards

Auteur Hong Sangsoo topped this year’s 20th Busan Film Critics Association Awards by taking the Best Film prize for his film Hotel by the River (2018). The indie film also picked up the Best Actor Prize for its lead KI Joo-bong. Hotel by the River, Hong’s 23rd...

PARASITE Sweeps 6 Prizes at Buil Film Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s critically-acclaimed smash PARASITE swept up six prizes at this year’s Buil Film Awards, held in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival, taking home top honors in six categories. The Palme d’Or winner picked up prizes for Best Fi...

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD and HOTEL BY THE RIVER Check in to Melbourne Film Festival

The Melbourne International Film Festival will be back for its 68th edition next month and this year’s program will feature a pair of works from Korea. Festival favorites House of Hummingbird (2018) by KIM Bora and Hong Sangsoo’s latest work Hotel by the River...

Beijing Film Festival Welcomes 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at the 9th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicked off on April 13 with the opening film The Composer by Xirzat YAHUP, a co-production between China and Kazakhstan. This year’s Korean selec...

HOTEL BY THE RIVER Sweeps Gijón Film Festival Awards

Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest work was the standout film at the 56th Gijón International Film Festival (FICX) in Northern Spain, where it earned a trio of awards, including the top prize, the Principado de Asturias Prize for Best Feature Film. Hong’s sec...

HOTEL BY THE RIVER Scores New Sales for Finecut

Just as the American Film Market being held Santa Monica, CA got underway, Korean sales boutique Finecut announced a number of deals for films in its current lineup, including Hong Sangsoo’s Hotel By the River, the period creature feature Monstrum and the come...

HOTEL BY THE RIVER Invited to Singapore IFF

Prolific auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest work Hotel by the River has been invited to screen in the ‘Asian Vision’ section of this month’s Singapore International Film Festival. Hotel by the River had its world premiere back in August at the Locarno International ...