JANG Hyun-sung Signs on to KILL ME NOW

Actor JANG Hyun-sung has taken on his latest challenge, as the lead in the new film Kill Me Now (working title), a feature adaption of the play of the same name which JANG has also performed in on stage. The project is being directed and produced by CHOI Equan...

THE WITCH and CLEAN UP Invited to Macao

The 3rd edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) has revealed its program, which is set to launch on December 8 and will include a pair of Korean titles: PARK Hoon-jung’s The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion and KWON Man-ki’s Clean Up...

ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY2017 Currently Underway

2017 Edition Taking Place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia The ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY2017 is taking place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. On November 15th, the Busan Film Commission (BFC), one of the organizers, announced details of FLY2017 in a press release...

Tokyo Filmex Grabs ALIVE for Competition

A GIRL AT MY DOOR and ONE ON ONE Also Invited Taking part in the upcoming 15th Tokyo Filmex’s competition will be PARK Jung-bum’s new film Alive. The director previously competed at the festival with his debut The Journals of Musan (2011). Also screening in T...

Asian Film Academy Announces Fellows for 2014

Bela Tarr to Serve as Dean Entering into its tenth edition, the Asian Film Academy (AFA) has revealed the 24 participants for its global filmmaking education project, which is staged by Dongseo University, the Busan Film Commission and the Busan International ...

Asian Film Academy Announced 2014 Faculty

BIFF Education Program to Feature Béla Tarr, SONG Il-gonThe Asian Film Academy, a component of the Busan International Film Festival, has announced its faculty for its upcoming 2014 session, which will mark its 10th anniversary. This year’s AFA dean will be th...

HONG Sangsoo’s Films Set to Woo Japanese Cinephiles

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, Invited as the opener of the TOKYO FILMeX In Another Country, directed by HONG Sangsoo, was invited as the opening film of the 12th TOKYO FILMeX, which is scheduled to be held between November 23rd and December 2nd in Tokyo, Japan. Ano...

London’s KCC enters second half of “The Year of the 12 Directors”

The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), located in London, debuted a “Year of the 12 Directors” program in January 2012 which each month features the public screening of four films from a single Korean director. The final screening of the month also includes a ...

Florence Korea Film Fest to open with Always

The 10th Florence Korea Film Fest in Italy has announced it will open with SONG Il-gon’s <Always>, last year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Opening Film. The festival will screen 32 feature films and 24 shorts during its nine-day run, and c...

Showbox sells Busan opening film Always to Japan

  Major Korean distributor Showbox/Mediaplex has sold SONG Il-gon’s melodrama Always, the 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opening film, to Japan’s Pony Canyon.   The film tells the fatal story of a former boxer and a blind girl who fal...