Park Chanwook Unveils New Short Film LIFE IS BUT A DREAM

Life Is But a Dream (2022)While the world awaits Park Chanwook’s highly anticipated forthcoming feature Decision to Leave, the master Korean filmmaker has returned with a new short film. Life Is But a Dream reunites him with his Thirst (2009) star Kim Okvin an...

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...

2018 BIFF Films Are Available Online

Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Kor...

KIM Hwan-hee and Pop Star SUHO Set to Star in Adaptation of Popular Webtoon

Indie Director LEE Kyung-sub to Helm FEMALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT A Suho of Kpop group EXO will star alongside young actress KIM Hwan-hee of The Wailing in the upcoming webtoon adaptation Female Middle School Student A (translated title). The original webtoon ...

Florence Awards PARK Chan-wook Key to the City

PARK Chan-wook was honored in Florence last week, where he was given an honorary Key to the City by Mayor Dario Nardella. The filmmaker was awarded for his contributions to the arts and his role in connecting the cultures of Italy and South Korea. Well known i...

Florence Korean Film Fest Pulls Out All the Stops for 15th Edition

Later this month, the world’s longest running celebration of Korean film, the Florence Korea Film Fest, will return with a program boasting 44 feature-length and short Korean films. For its 15th edition, the festival will open on March 23rd with KIM Jee-woon’s...

1st London East Asian Film Festival Opens with THE AGE OF SHADOWS

Following its soft launch last year with a weekend-long 0th edition, the London East Asian Film Festival held its first official edition this year, which ran from October 20th to 30th. Korean films made up a majority of the program, with some of the highlights...

Best Film for A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA at Asiatica Film Mediale

My Love, Don't Cross That River Also Awarded at Italian Film Festival JANG Kun-jae’s third feature A Midsummer’s Fantasia won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy. The critic...

Bring out Your GIGAntic Imagination: 5th Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival Showcase

Festival Newly Launches Feature Section Actress BAE Doo-na joins Jury       Esteemed Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook, PARK Chan-kyong ’s Berlin-winning short film Night Fishing was shot on a smartphone in 2011, three years after Spike Lee predic...

HAN GONG-JU Tops Wildflower Film Awards

HONG Sang-soo and PARK Chan-kyong Among Winners The 2nd Wildflower Film Awards Korea finished with yet another trophy in HAN Gong-ju actress CHUN Woo-hee’s hands. The celebration of independent Korean films and filmmakers, which aims to bring underrated works...