Fantastic Fest to Showcase Classic Korean Cinema

Fantastic Fest in Austin is set to return for its 14th edition next month and this year the Austin, Texas-based genre festival will feature a special Korean theme, as well as a section on classic Korean genre cinema. The festival is set to feature the North Am...

BIFF to Showcase ‘Hidden Masterpieces of the 1960s’

8 Lesser Known Classics Screen in Korean Cinema Retrospective The first section to be revealed for this year’s 20th anniversary edition of the Busan International Film Festival is the Korean Cinema Retrospective, which will continue its mission of shining a ...

Lee Sun-mi wins Woman in Film of the Year

Women in Film Korea has announced producer LEE Sun-mi is the 2011 winner of the Woman in Film of the Year Award for her work on <Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow>. Other awards went to actresses SONG Hye-kyo and CHOI Ji-hee, directorHAN Hye-jin, and...

The 15th PiFan opens tonight with star-studded red carpet

Asia’s largest genre film fest, the 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) opens tonight with a star-studded red carpet and a screening of the documentary Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. Several acting awards will be given out...