Sewing Sisters, the Grand Prize Winner of the 9th Wild Flower Film Awards Documentary

Wild Flower Film Awards, the representative award ceremony of the Korean independent film industry, was held on May 27 (Fri) at Namsan Literature House in Seoul. Marking its 9th anniversary this year, Wild Flower Film Awards is designed to re-examine and promo...

Shin Suwon’s HOMMAGE to Compete at Tokyo International Film Festival

PARASITE’s Lee Jungeun Leads Story About Struggles of Women in Film IndustryMadonna (2015) director Shin Suwon is back with her latest film Hommage, which will premiere in competition at this year’s 34th Tokyo International Film Festival.Starring Parasite (201...

LUCKY CHANSIL Takes Grand Prize at 8th Wildflower Film Awards

MOVING ON’s YOON Dan-bi Wins Best Director at Korea’s Indie Film Awards ShowKIM Cho-hee’s debut film Lucky Chan-sil (2019) earned the Grand Prize at the 8th Wildflower Film Awards Korea, which were held at the Korea Literature House in Central Seoul on the eve...

New Covid-19 Cluster Pushes Back INTRUDER and More in June

A new cluster of Covid-19 cases in Central Seoul has sparked fears of a second wave of infections. Local distributors have been left with no choice but to delay releases of films that had been scheduled for release in late May. Among those is the mystery-thril...

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 ...

CHOI Min-shik and REVIVRE Triumph at 51st Paeksang Arts Awards

A HARD DAY, CART and REVIVRE Lead Winners List Yesterday evening (May 26th), the Paeksang Arts Awards held their 51st edition at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul. On the back of his dominant performance as Admiral YI Sun-shin in last year...

Berlin International Film Festival Invites Revivre, an IM Kwon-taek Film

IM's 102nd Film Goes to Critics Week Revivre, director IM Kwon-taek’s 102nd feature film was officially invited to the Critics Week. The event, a newly established side bar section this year will be held jointly by the German Critics Association and the He...

REVIVRE and HILL OF FREEDOM Going to Toronto

New IM Kwon-taek/HONG Sangsoo Announced in TIFF’s 2nd Wave Following last Friday’s news that Hill of Freedom and Revivre, the new works by Korean auteurs IM Kwon-taek and HONG Sangsoo, would be having their world premieres at the 71st Venice International Fil...

Shooting Began for IM Kwon-taek’s 102nd Film

At the end of December, IM Kwon-taek begins shooting of his 102nd movie, Cremation (literal translation) with Myung Films as the producer. AHN Sung-ki, KIM Gyu-ri and KIM Ho-jong have decided to take the lead roles in his new film. Cremation is based on a sho...