Actors Byun Yohan & Lee Sanghee, Appointed as the Jurors of ‘ACTORS PROJECT’ at the 2022 Seoul Independent Film Festival

The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 announced the jury members of the finals along with 24 finalists for the 5th ‘ACTORS PROJECT - 60-seconds Monologue Festival.’ACTORS PROJECT, which began in 2018 with the suggestion of Actor Kwon Haehyo, was desi...

OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival

FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-com...

Korean Film Festival DC Kicks Off 2021 Edition

22nd JIFF Gives Top Prizes to SPLINTERS and KIM MIN-YOUNG OF THE REPORT CARDThe Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) was the first major film event last year to take place during the pandemic and has now become the first event to stage two editions during...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Leads Blue Dragon Film Awards with 11 Nominations

41st Edition of Prestigious Awards to Take Place on December 10 The Blue Dragon Film Awards revealed the nominations for this year’s 41st edition, which is scheduled to take place on December 10. WOO Min-ho’s period political drama The Man Standing Next leads ...

Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt Presents Its Biggest Program for 9th Edition

The Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt kicked off its 9th edition online yesterday (Wednesday, November 18), during which it is presenting it largest ever program, comprising 36 titles spanning all manner of genres and themes. Kicking off the event in the openi...

13th Hungary Korean Film Festival to be Held Next Month

The Hungary Korean Film will be held from September 4 to 10 in the Corvin Cinema in Budapest, Hungary. The festival, which is celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, will open with the film that was the most talked-about title in Korea last year, LEE Byoun...

PARASITE Tops Grand Bell and BaekSang Arts Awards

The 56th editions of both the Grand Bell Film Awards and the BaekSang Arts Awards were held in quick succession earlier this month, on the 3rd and 5th, both without an audience for the first time, owing to public health concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic. B...

ASHFALL to Open 22th Far East Film Festival

The Korean disaster action blockbuster ASHFALL will serve as the opening film of this year’s online-only edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, leading a program of 46 titles from around Asia. FEFF was originally scheduled to take place ...

56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5

Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for B...

KIM JI-YOUNG, BORN IN 1982 Begins Production with JUNG Yu-mi

The upcoming drama Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 (literal title), featuring JUNG Yu-mi in the title role, began production on January 21. Based on an acclaimed feminist novel of the same name, the project quietly began filming in the city of Gwangmyeong in Gyeong...