Cinéfondation Selects K’Arts Short CICADA

Yoon Daewon Film Invited to CannesThe Korean short film Cicada, from student filmmaker Yoon Daewon, has been invited to the Cinéfondation section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The short joins two other Korean features already invited to the prestigious ...

KIM Min-ju’s TWENTY Invited to Cannes Student Short Competition

The Korean short film Twenty from student director KIM Min-ju has been selected as part of the Cinéfondation lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of 17 student shorts invited to the competition this year and was chosen among 1952 entries...

BABY BESIDE ME Earns Vesoul Prize

SON Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me (2016), a feature length production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) has earned the Jury Guimet Prize from the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The event ended its 23rd edition on Valentine’s...

M-Line Showcases Diverse Slate in Berlin

M-Line Distribution is having a busy European Film Market, with several reported sales for its titles coming out of Berlin. Director E.oni’s kidnap thriller MISSING, starring KONG Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush, 2008) and UHM JI-won (The Silenced, 2015), was snatche...

Toronto Korean Film Festival Kicks Off 3rd Edition

Rather than program a recent hit, the Toronto Korean Film Festival (TKFF) kicks off its third edition today (May 27th) with a screening of YU Hyun-mok’s classic noir The Aimless Bullet (1961). Over the coming days, the festival will showcase a variety of featu...

Busan Wraps with Prizes for PASCHA and REMOTE CONTROL

18th BIFF Hands Out Awads, Discovers New Asian Films AHN Sun-kyoung’s Korean indie Pascha and the Mongolian Remote Control from director Sakhya BYAMBA shared the top prize from the New Currents section this year at the Busan International Film Festival. Each ...

PiFan Showcases Diverse Korean Genre Cinema

Korea’s Top Fantastic Fest Screens Industry’s Best The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) kicks off tonight for its 10-day run (July 18-28) and will screen the best in genre cinema from around the world. Just as in previous years local genre...

Palme d’Or Triumph for Korean Short SAFE

Prosperous Second Appearance at Cannes for MOON Byoung-gon The illustrious Cannes Film Festival wound to a close last night (May 26th) issuing out its coveted awards that have had pundits guessing throughout the fest’s 12-day run. Korea, despite having no fe...