KIM Jong-kwan’s Commercial Debut JOSEE Scores Global Sales

Josée, a romantic drama starring NAM Joo-hyuk and HAN Ji-min and the highly anticipated commercial film debut of arthouse director KIM Jong-kwan, has scored several international sales and will screen across Asia this month. A remake of the Japanese drama Jose...

Scaled Down 25th Busan International Film Festival to Open October 21

The lineup to the 25th Busan International Film Festival was presented via an online conference on Monday, September 14. Originally scheduled for earlier October, the festival has been delayed until October 21, owing to a rise in COVID-19 cases and ask a safet...

7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5

The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering ope...

Special Jury Prize for JANG Woo-jin at Nantes

JANG Woo-jin’s third film Winter’s Night, which debuted as one of this year’s feature-length Jeonju Cinema Projects at the Jeonju International Film Festival in the spring, has picked up the Special Jury Prize from the 40th edition of the Festival of the Three...

AFTER MY DEATH to Compete at Fribourg Film Festival

The Fribourg International Film Festival returns for its 32nd edition on March 16 and throughout its eight days the festival will once again feature several Korean films, including After My Death in competition and the big budget commercial titles A Taxi Drive...

Asian Film Market Awards 2016 and E-IP Winners Are Announced

The 19th edition of Asian Project Market (APM) and the 2nd edition of Entertainment Intellectual Property (E-IP) Market have announced the winners. The award ceremony for both events took place on October 11th, the last day of Asian Film Market 2016. This year...

THE BACCHUS LADY Picks up Prize from Asiatica Film Mediale

E J-yong’s new film The Bacchus Lady, which debuted earlier this year in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, received a Special Mention for Best Feature Film from the 17th Asiatica Film Mediale in Italy. The festival took place over...

19th APM Picks 27 Feature Projects

YIM Soon-rye, JANG Kun-jae among Directors at Asian Project Market Going into its 19th edition, the Asian Project Market, an event that takes place under the roof of the Asian Film Market and alongside the Busan International Film Festival, has selected 27 pr...

ALIVE Takes Grand Prize at 3rd Wildflower Film Awards

MADONNA, A CRYBABY BOXING CLUB Win Best Narrative, Documentary Director Prizes PARK Jung-bum’s austere drama Alive has triumphed at the Wildflower Film Awards Korea, where it picked up the Grand Prize at the event’s third edition, which took place on the slop...

3rd Wildflower Film Awards Unveil Nominees

A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION, A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Lead the Pack The Wildflower Film Awards Korea return for their third edition next month and this week unveiled their 2016 nominees. In total, 22 films, including 15 fiction and 7 documentary works, are up fo...