New Zealand Korean Film Festival Opens Doors to 2018 Edition

The Korean Cinerama Trust and the Korean Embassy in Auckland hosted this year’s New Zealand Korean Film Festival, which opened its doors on October 11th. Also supporting the event are the Korean Film Council (Chairman - OH Seok Geun) and the New Zealand Asia I...

MICROHABITAT Earns Tiger Uncaged Award at NYAFF

JEON Go-woon’s acclaimed debut feature Microhabitat has picked up the Tiger Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Director JEON and actor AHN Jae-hong were on hand to receive the prize at the festival’s award ...

NYAFF Invites 10 from Korea for 17th Edition

The New York Asian Film Festival will return for its 17th edition at the end of this month, lifting its curtain on the 29th. Among this year’s lineup will be ten Korean films, including JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat in competition. Korean actor KIM Yun-seok will...

Asian Brilliant Stars Awards Returned to Berlin

The Asian Brilliant Stars Awards returned to Berlin for their second edition during this year’s 68th Berlin International Film Festival. The Chinese historical drama Youth(2017) was the most awarded film of the day, receiving three prizes from a jury lead by K...

3 Korean Films Compete at Asian Brilliant Stars Awards in Berlin

The Asian Brilliant Stars Awards are set to return for their second edition during next February’s Berlin International Film Festival with an expanded roster of categories. Among this year’s 19 titles up for consideration are three from Korea: Hong Sangsoo’s T...

I CAN SPEAK Receives Amnesty International Award

NA Moon-hee, only had to wait 56 years to win her first Blue Dragon Film Award for lead actress, but she may already want to look into buying a bigger trophy case. On November 28, it was announced that director KIM Hyun-suk's Chuseok sleeper hit, comfort-w...

A TAXI DRIVER Drives Off with 4 Blue Dragons

The 38th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on a rainy Saturday evening on November 25th in Seoul with a slew of stars and directors in attendance. This year’s chart-topping hit A Taxi Driver was triumphant during the show, as it picked up four...

THE MERCILESS Leads Nominations for 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards

BYUN Sung-hyun’s crime thriller The Merciless, which was screened in the midnight lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is leading the nominations for the upcoming 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards with nods in nine categories. Close behind with eight nominat...

VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris

The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was...

I CAN SPEAK a Success at Paris Korean Film Festival

Comfort-woman drama I Can Speak was a major success at the 12th Paris Korean Film Festival which took place from October 24th to 31st. “I Can Speak smashed the Korean box office by surpassing 3 million moviegoers and was also popular at the Paris Korean Film F...