THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Wins Best Cinematography at BAFTA TV Craft Awards

Veteran cinematographer KIM Wu-hyeong was awarded the Best Cinematography Prize from the BAFTA TV Craft Awards for his work on PARK Chan-wook’s The Little Drummer Girl mini-series for the BBC. Director PARK’s TV debut, the six-part series The Little Drummer Gi...

PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY

Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae...

THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

Hit Period Drama Takes Home 3 KAFC Prizes LEE Joon-ik’s hit period film The Throne , starring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in, came up tops at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC), where it picked up the Best Film prize, in addition to honors ...

Korean Film Archive’s Library Adds 94 New Feature Films from 40s-80s

Donated By Union Media Company’s HAN Gyu-ho In 2013, while trying to get in contact with director Lim Tae-young for a DVD release, Korean Film Archive (KOFA) heard of the news that Union Media Company’s CEO HAN Gyu-ho owns a large collection of archival films...

ROARING CURRENTS Tops 51st Daejong Film Awards

CHOI Min-sik, SON Ye-jin Take Acting Honors Roaring Currents, the most successful Korean film of all time, continued its victory parade by claiming no less than four awards at the 51st Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on Friday, Nove...

Busan Reveals Rich 19th Program

Chinese-Language Films to Bookend BIFF Yesterday, during press conferences held in Busan and Seoul, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) revealed the lineup to its 19th edition, which will be staged from October 2ndto 11th next month. Opening the proc...

BIFF to Stage JUNG Jin-woo Retrospective

8 Films from Classic Korean Auteur in Busan Last week, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced that it will be staging a Korean Cinema Retrospective on classic cineaste JUNG Jin-woo for its upcoming 19th edition. Eight of the auteur’s main works...