Actors Lee Youngae & Kim Sangkyung, Appointed as Jury Members for the Actor & Actress of the Year Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held for 10 days from October 5 to 14, has appointed actor Lee Youngae and actor Kim Sangkyung as jury members for the ‘Actor & Actress of the Year Award.’ The Actor & Actress of the Year Award ...

Broker, Won ARRI Award, the Top Prize at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN

The film Broker has won the ARRI Award at the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. The film festival said, “This film is a journey. One filled with longings, with decisions, with detours. Sometimes it is precisely these detours that we must take in life to find ourselves and eac...

“I hope this award won’t affect me.”, Actor SONG Kangho

Director Park Chanwook, who didn’t watch Broker yet due to his busy schedule at Cannes, asked Actor Song Kangho, "I heard your acting in Broker is fabulous. Is it true?" Then, Song Kangho replied, "No, I just played a supporting role. I’m nothing i...

MOVING ON Picks Up Top Prize at New York Asian Film Festival

YUN Dan-bi Wins NYAFF’s Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film YUN Dan-bi’s acclaimed debut film Moving On has picked up yet another prize on the festival circuit, this time at the recently concluded New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). The indie drama picked u...

LEE Joo-young to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Actress LEE Joo-young will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which kicked off on August 28. LEE initially made her screen debut in 2012, in the short film Encounter, but it was in ...

MAGGIE Picks Up Grand Prix at Osaka Asian Film Festival

Director YI Ok-seop’s debut film Maggie (2018) has picked up the Grand Prix at this year’s 13th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF). The film debuted in the Korean Cinema Today section of last October’s Busan International Film Festival and stars r...

WINTER’S NIGHT, MAGGIE and THE SPY GONE NORTH Invited to Rotterdam

The International Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR), which kicked off on January 23, has invited three Korean films to its program this year, YI Ok-seop’s Maggie (2018), YOON Jong-bin’s The Spy Gone North (2018) and JANG Woo-jin’s Winter’s Night (2018). Screening...

CLEAN UP and SAVAGE Earn Top Busan Film Fest Awards

Korean social drama Clean Up, a feature presentation of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) from debut director KWON Man-gi, and Chinese thriller Savage by CUI Si Wei have picked up the New Currents Awards from this year’s 23rd Busan International Film Fest...