GOOK Nabs NEXT Audience Award at Sundance

Hollywood actor and director Justin CHON, of Korean descent, bowed his new film Gook at the Sundance Film Festival last month, where it won the NEXT Audience Award. The film screened in the NEXT section, which focuses on “Pure, bold works distinguished by an i...

REMEMBER YOU, SEOUL SEARCHING Go to HIFF Spring Showcase

Korean Melodrama & Youth Dramedy Head to Hawaii The Hawaii International Film Festival’s annual Spring Showcase took place earlier this month, from April 2nd to 10th, screening a pair of Korean films in its lineup: LEE Yoon-jeong’s romantic drama Remember...

HIFF to Open with THE THRONE

Hit Period Drama Will Kick off Festivities in Hawaii LEE Joon-ik’s Chuseok hit, the period drama The Throne, has been invited as the opening film of next month’s 35th Hawaii International Film Festival. Starring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in, the sober historica...

SEOUL SEARCHING Bags Youth Jury Award in Seattle

US/Korea Co-Production Deemed Best Futurewave Feature at SIFF The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), the most well-attended film event in the United States, concluded its 41st edition on June 7th, and among its award winners was the US-Korea co-pro...

SEOUL SEARCHING to Debut in Sundance Premieres Lineup

80s Seoul Summer Camp Comedy Is US-Korea-China Co-Production Award-winning Korean-American filmmaker Benson LEE’s new film Seoul Searching will have its debut at next month’s Sundance Film Festival, as part of its Premieres lineup. A comedy set in a Seoul summ...

Philadelphia Museum of Art Stages Korean Film Series

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is set to screen a series of Korean films in its Van Pelt Auditorium on Wednesdays throughout April. The showcase, which will include modern classics such as IM Kwon-taek’s Chihwaseon (2002), is supported by the Dean and Zoë Papp...