DGK Publishes Bechdel Choice 10 List

Directors Guild of Korea Shines a Light on Gender RepresentationLast week, the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) published a list of ten titles that a jury had found to have successfully met the requirements of the Bechdel Test, in addition to several other guide...

Korean Film Festival DC Kicks Off 2021 Edition

22nd JIFF Gives Top Prizes to SPLINTERS and KIM MIN-YOUNG OF THE REPORT CARDThe Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) was the first major film event last year to take place during the pandemic and has now become the first event to stage two editions during...

Hong Kong Arts Centre to Stage Korean Women Independent Film Series

The Hong Kong Arts Centre is set to present a series of screenings of independent films by Korean women, starting next month in Hong Kong. Co-presented by the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival, ‘Women Direct. K...

13th Hungary Korean Film Festival to be Held Next Month

The Hungary Korean Film will be held from September 4 to 10 in the Corvin Cinema in Budapest, Hungary. The festival, which is celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, will open with the film that was the most talked-about title in Korea last year, LEE Byoun...

BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS Invited to IFFR Tiger Competition

The new Korean thriller Beast Clawing at Straws from debut director KIM Yong-hoon will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition. Centering around a Louis Vuitton bag filled with cash, the film stars JEON Do-...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows received the Best Film award and Best Music award (Mowg) at the 26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC). KAFC from the Korean Association of Film Critics announced the winners before its awards presentation on No...

Busan Opens Indie Film Exclusive Theater in March

Indieplus Cinema Center with 36 Seats Indieplus Cinema Center is opening in the underground of Busan Cinema Center located in Haeundae, Busan, in March. It will be in the film projection room of Busan Cinema Center after remodeling. It will have 36 seats tota...

Pair of Korean Docs Invited to Yamagata IDFF

GLITTERING HANDS and MY NO-MERCY HOME to Screen in Japan The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) has invited the Korean non-fiction works Glittering Hands and My No-Mercy Home to screen during its 2015 edition, which will take place next m...

Berlinale’s Wieland Speck to Receive BIFF Korean Cinema Award

Wide Angle Juries Announced For its 20th edition, the Busan International Film Festival will bestow its Korean Cinema Award to Wieland Speck, the curator of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Panorama section. The prize is given annually to figures who ...

3 Korean Docs Picked for Hot Docs

The Hotdocs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival has announced its 2014 lineup, which will include a trio of Korean non-fiction works. My Place and The Basement Satellite will both have their international premieres at the event, while Tour of Duty...