PARASITE Tops 14th Asian Film Awards with 4 Prizes

After conquering the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards, BONG Joon-ho’s hit sensation PARASITE (2019) has come home to claim four prizes at the 14th Asian Film Awards, which took place in Busan this year for the first time.PARASITE(2019)won Best Film,...

CJ Group’s Miky LEE Appointed Vice Chair of Academy Museum

Executive Behind Oscar Winner PARASITE Joins AMPAS Venture Miky LEE (aka LEE Mie-kyung), the vice chairwoman of the CJ Group conglomerate which includes the Parasite (2019) studio CJ ENM, has been appointed as vice chair of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictur...

PARASITE Leads Asian Film Awards with 10 Nominations

The Asian Film Awards are returning for their 14th edition this year, which will take place for the first time in Busan, South Korea, after the previous 13 editions took place in either Hong Kong or Macao. Leading the nominations scorecard is BONG Joon-ho’s gl...

AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept...

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...

PARASITE Sweeps Hollywood Industry Guild Awards

As the awards season reaches its climax, BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed Palme d’Or winner Parasite has been stacking win after win at Hollywood’s major industry guild award ceremonies. The Korean smash hit earned the Best Ensemble Award from the Screen Actors Guild ...

PARASITE and BONG Joon-ho Nominated by PGA, DGA and WGA

In the week leading up the Academy Awards nominations, BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite received a flurry of major nominations with industry groups in Hollywood, all of which represented firsts for Korean films. The acclaimed film was nominated for top prizes by the Pr...

PARASITE Receives Historic 6 Nominations from Academy Awards

Several historic firsts for Korean cinema were recorded early in the morning of Monday, January 13 in Los Angeles, as two Korean films landed the first ever Academy Awards nominations for the country to the upcoming 92nd edition of the ceremony. BONG Joon-ho’s...

PARASITE Crowned Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globes

BONG Joon-ho has made history by becoming the first Korean filmmaker to earn a prize at the Golden Globe Awards, which held their 77th ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 5. The acclaimed director received the Best Foreign Language Film Award for his ...

PARASITE Makes A Clean Sweep at Film Critics Awards Across North America

The end-of-year awards season is in full swing in America as a dozen film critics groups and several major industry events have started to reveal their nominations and awards. BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE, which is being distributed in North America by NEON, has fo...