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...

KOFA Launches New Blu-ray Collection

The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) have launched the first two titles of their brand new Blu-ray Collection. Released on December 10th, KIM Ki-young’s The Housemaid (1960) and HA Gil-jong’s The March of Fools (1975) were revealed as spines number 001 and 002 of th...

San Diego Asian Film Festival Take 7 Korean Features

San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) has, as per usual, invited a strong contingent of Korean films. What differentiates this year’s selection is the inclusion of ‘Remembering Queer Korea’, a showcase featuring four features and a pair of shorts which focus o...

Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards

CHOI Min-sik and CHUN Woo-hee Take Home Acting PrizesWinners for the 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards, which will be held on November 13th in Seoul’s Art Nine theater, were announced on November 3rd. HONG Sang-soo’s Hill of Freedom was revealed as t...

KOFA Expands Korean Classic Film Theater on YouTube

Last month, on July 21st, the Korean Film Archive expanded its streaming library on YouTube by adding 15 new titles to its Korean Classic Film Theater. Launched in 2012 with 70 titles, the YouTube channel now comprises 98 features, ranging from 1936 To 1996, a...

THE AIMLESS BULLET to Be Digitally Restored

The masterpiece The Aimless Bullet (1961) by YU Hyun-mok is going to be digitally restored. The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) revealed its plan to begin a digital restoration of the Korean classic realist film, which depicts a story about a frustrated character i...

KOFA Releases Top 100 Korean Films List

Old and New Classics Recognized by Korean Film Archive To coincide with its upcoming 40th anniversary, the Korean Film Archive (KOFA) released a list of the 100 most iconic Korean films of all time. A group of 62 leading Korean film experts were surveyed to co...