Film Investor and Distributor CGV ARTHOUSE Ceases Operations

CGV ARTHOUSE, the subsidiary of CJ ENM Corp.which has been focusing on financing and distributing lower-budget indie and commercial works, has decided to cease its operations. While the outfit has been responsible for introducing several major artistic works t...

BORN TO BE BLUE and Remastered DIE BAD to Bookend Jeonju Film Festival

JIFF Presents Program for 17th Edition The 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will open with Robert Burdreau’s Chet Baker biopic Born to Be Blue with Ethan Hawke on April 28th. A digitally remastered version of RYOO Seung-wan’s debut film ...

Grand Prizes for MADONNA, STEEL FLOWER in Florence

16th Florence Korea Film Fest Winds to a Close The Florence Korea Film Fest unspooled its 16th edition earlier this month in Italy, screening 29 features and 8 shorts over March 11th to 18th. The Best Film prizes in the Horizons and Independent section were w...

Florence Korea Film Fest Loads 14th Edition

THE SHAMELESS and THE THRONE to Bookend Event Going into its 14th year, the Florence Korea Film Fest is gearing up for one of its broadest programs yet, loading up 29 features and 8 shorts over for its March event, which will run from the 11th until the 18th....

Busan Critics Grand Prize for RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

YOO Hae-jin and KIM Min-hee Take Acting Honors Earlier this month, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then was awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Busan Film Critics Awards. KIM Min-hee, who featured in HONG’s film, took home the Best Actress Prize, while veter...

New York Korean Film Festival Returns for 13th Edition

NYKFF to Open with HONG Won-chan’s OFFICE The New York Korean Film Festival, put on by Subway Cinema (New York Asian Film Festival) and the Korea Society and supported by the Korea Foundation, is returning for its 13th edition next month at the Museum of the ...

THE SHAMELESS to Open 1st Asian World Film Festival

Cannes Romantic Thriller on Show in LA The Asian World Film Festival is preparing to launch its first edition later this month in Los Angeles, and opening the inaugural event will be the North American premiere of OH Seung-uk’s romantic thriller The Shameless...

THE SHAMELESS Triumphs at the 24th Buil Film Awards

On the second night of the 20th Busan International Film Festival, stars arrived at the Grand Hotel in Haeundae for the 24th Buil Film Awards. The oldest awards show in Korea, the Buil Film Awards kicked off in 1958 and were discontinued in 1973 before being r...

THE SHAMELESS Added to Shanghai Competition

SIFF Project Features 3 China/Korea Pitches The Shanghai International Film Festival has announced the full lineup of contestants for its signature Golden Goblet competition, which will now see recent Cannes entry The Shameless vie for the prize alongside pre...

THE SHAMELESS Bows to Positive Reviews in Cannes

JEON Do-yeon Singled out for Strong Performance The first Korean film (out of four) to screen at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, OH Seung-uk’s The Shameless bowed to positive reviews on May 15th, as it competes in the Un Certain Regard competition...