Paris Korean Film Festival Returns for 13th Edition on October 30

The 13th edition of the Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) will open its doors on October 30 and run until November 6. This year’s FFCP will open with the Chuseok smash The Great Battle before being brought to a close with the youth drama Sunset in My Hometown....

CHOI Eun-hee Passes Away Aged 91

Legendary actress CHOI Eun-hee passed away on April 16 at the age of 91 following complications stemming from a chronic disease. She was known as a screen siren of Korean cinema in the 1960s and was famously abducted in the 1970s, along with her husband, direc...

SHIN Sang-ok’s North Korea-Produced SALT to Premiere in Asian World Film Festival

Classic Korean filmmaker SHIN Sang-ok’s North Korea-produced Salt (1985) will have its North American premiere on November 1st, during the 3rd edition of the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, director HWANG Dong-hyuk’s Joseon Era siege drama...

Lost Korean Classic COOL AND COLD Found in Taiwan

Cool And Cold (1962) by director LEE Kang-cheon a film long thought to have been lost has been found in Taiwan. The film is based on YI Kwang-su’s novel, The Heartless and starred CHOI Eun-hee, LEE Sang-gyu and HEO Jang-gang. The film will be useful in researc...

27 Korean Classics Screening in The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

50th Anniversary of Normalization of Korea-Japan Ties, MADAME FREEDOM and THE FLOWER IN HELL The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT) National Film Center is featuring ‘Korean Cinema 1934–1959: Its Foundation and Burgeoning’ to mark the 50th anniversar...