San Sebastián to Stage ‘Flowers in Hell’ Classic Korean Film Retrospective

Indie Breakout ALONERS Invited to New Directors Section in SpainThe San Sebastián International Film Festival is taking a trip back to Korea’s golden age of cinema this year after revealing that their upcoming 69th edition will feature a seven-title retrospect...

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Triumphs at 29th Buil Film Awards

This year’s 29th Buil Film Awards took place as usual during the first weekend of the Busan International Film Festival. KIM Bora’s House of Hummingbird (2018), which debuted at the festival two years earlier, returned to Busan to claim the Best Film Award at ...

Inaugural Edition of Gangneung International Film Festival Opens

The inaugural edition of the Gangneung International Film Festival (GIFF) kicked off on the northeastern coast of South Korea on November 8. The new event, which is run by Festival Chairman KIM Dong-ho, a former chairman of the Busan International Film Festiva...

THE HORSE THIEVES and MOONLIT WINTER to Bookend 24th Busan Film Festival

The Busan International Film Festival will descend on Korea’s second largest city once more next month for its 24th edition, which will open with the film The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, co-directed by Kazhakstan’s Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV and Japan’s Lisa TAKE...

A TAXI DRIVER Tops Buil Film Awards

The 26th Buil Film Awards, which are staged by the newspaper Busan Ilbo, took place in in Busan on October 13th this year. The Best Film prize this year went to JANG Hoon’s smash hit political drama A Taxi Driver. JANG’s film also picked up the Best Actor Priz...

Christoph Terhechte, head of Berlinale’s Forum Section, Receives Korean Cinema Award

The 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced the recipient of its Korean Cinema Award. “BIFF has selected Christoph Terhechte, the head of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section, as the recipient of this year’s Korean Cinema Awar...

Harvard Film Archive Stages HA Gil-jong Retrospective

Classic Korean Cinema on Show in MA The Harvard Film Archive is currently staging a showcase of the work of filmmaker HA Gil-jong, one of the most important Korean filmmakers of the 1970s which began on February 3rd and will run until the 27th. Though not as w...

VETERAN Triumphs at the 25th Buil Film Awards

The Buil Film Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious film awards ceremonies in South Korea, which is hosted by the Busan Ilbo, held its 25th edition on October 7th, during the Busan International Film Festival. This year’s Best Film Award winner was RY...

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...

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 ...