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...

MOON So-ri, LEE Yoo-young and More Join SF8 Anthology Series

Top film directors and stars have assembled for sci-fi anthology series SF8. The eight-part limited series is a joint project between the Directors Guild of Korea and the streaming platform Wavve and will begin airing on broadcast network MBC in August of this...

PARK Jung-bum Awarded Special Jury Prize at Locarno

PARK Jung-bum’s third film Height of the Wave has picked up the Special Jury Prize in competition at the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars LEE Seung-yeon (House of Hummingbird) as a police officer who is restationed to an out-of-the-way ...

Jecheon Hands Grand Prize to COOL CATS

32,000 Spectators Visit 12th Jecheon Intl. Music & Film Festival The 12th edition of the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) came to a close on August 16th. The festival handed out its top prize to Janus Køster-Rasmussen’s documentary ...

NA Hong-jin Nabs Best Director from Director’s Cut Awards

LEE Byung-hun, KIM Min-hee To Take Home Top Acting Honors The Korean Directors' Association has announced the winners of its 2016 Director’s Cut Awards, who will receive their prizes at a ceremony in the Cheogpung Resort Lake Hotel during this month’s Jec...

Sydney Stages ‘Off-Mainstream’ Contemporary Korean Cinema Spotlight

Tony Rayns Curates ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ Program For its 63rd edition, which kicked on June 8th, the Sydney International Film Festival is staging a ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ program, curated b...

BaekSang Grand Prize Goes to Director LEE Joon-ik

ASSASSINATION, VETERAN Take Home Best Film, Director Director LEE Joon-ik was triumphant at the 52nd BaekSang Arts Awards ceremony, held in Seoul on June 3rd, where he won the Grand Prize for both of the films he has released in the last year, the bid-budget ...

Korean Competition Announced for 17th JIFF

Jeonju Loads New Local Titles for 2016 Edition The Jeonju International Film Festival has revealed the ten finalists for its Korean Competition at next month’s 17th edition. Competing films, all from first-time or sophomore filmmakers, were whittled down from...

Dexter Studios Triumphs at Golden Horse Awards

Best VFX Prize for THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN 3D Top Korean visual effects house Dexter Studios is being recognized for its work in mainland China with the outfit’s technician KIM Wook picking up the Best VFX Prize at the 52nd Golden Horse Film Awards in Ta...

Golden Horse to Host Korean Triumvirate

HONG Sang-soo, KAFA and COLLECTIVE INVENTION to Screen in Taipei The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has set the program for its 52nd edition, which will include a trio of Korean films and kick off this Thursday (November 5th). Spread out among different se...