Korean Academy of Film Arts’ The Apartment with Two Women, Officially Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival

The film <The Apartment with Two Women> has been officially invited to the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), which will be held in February 2022. The film is a graduation work from Korean Academy of Film Arts...

HAN Ka-ram’s OUR BODY to Premiere at TIFF

HAN Ka-ram’s debut film Our Body will have its world premiere this month in the ‘Discovery’ section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). A feature project of the Korean Academy of Film Arts(KAFA), the film features rising star CHOI Hee-seo in the...

CGV ARTHOUSE Drew the Most Viewers in 2016

CJ CGV’s independent and art film theater brand, CGV ARTHOUSE accrued 1.3 million moviegoers in 2016. It is the highest since its opening in 2004, and has grown over twenty times more than 60,000 audiences in 2004. CGV ARTHOUSE has attracted 600,000 admissions...

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...

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...

11 Korean Films Bound for NYAFF

Myung Films Sidebar in New York The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) revealed an eclectic lineup for its forthcoming 2015 edition late last week, which this year will feature 11 films from South Korea. A large chunk of that number will be devoted to past ...

SOCIALPHOBIA to Open Toronto Korean Film Festival

IM Kwon-taek’s REVIVRE Selected as Closing Film The Toronto Korean Film Festival is gearing up for its 2015 edition, which will kick off with the North American premiere of HONG Seok-jae’s Socialphobia, a feature project from the Korean Academy of Film Arts. ...

Black Movie Festival Takes 6 from Korea

Strong Presence at Swiss Indie Fest The Black Movie - Geneva International Independent Film Festival has programmed six films from South Korea for its upcoming 2015 edition, which kicks off on January 16th. Demonstrating a preference for indie and in particul...

END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors

FANTASIA, INTERPRETATION, SOCIALPHOBIA Among Vision Awards Winners The 19th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) came to a close after ten jam-packed days on Saturday, October 11th. Over 226,000 seats were filled for the 312 films that span...