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- Director Lee Hwan’s ‘Project Y’ Wins Best Picture at the London East Asia Film Festival
- ‘Project Y’, directed by Lee Hwan and starring Han So-hee and Jeon Jong-seo, has won the Best Picture Award in the competition section of the 10th London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF). According to the festival’s organizing committee on Nov. 3, the film — which follows two women who, in an effort ...
- by Yonhap / Nov 07, 2025
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- The 10th London East Asia Film Festival Opens… Ha Jung-woo Receives Achievement Award for 'The People Upstairs'
- The 10th London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) opened on the 23rd (local time) at the Odeon Leicester Square theater in London, the festival committee announced on the 27th. This year's festival theme is 'Faces of Asia', celebrating the diversity and creativity shown by Asian cinema ove...
- by Yonhap / Nov 05, 2025
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- AI filmmakers set sights on global stage as Seoul festival connects to Cannes
- The World AI Film Festival is bringing its celebration of artificial intelligence and cinema to Seoul, with WAIFF Seoul 2026 set to unfold March 6-7, 2026, at Lotte World Tower in Songpa-gu. The event is organized by Vision Culture, a content strategy agency, and sponsored by Lotte.
- by The Korea Herald / Nov 03, 2025
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- ‘Your Letter’ shines on global stage with pre-sales in 166 countries
- The Korean animated film, "Your Letter," achieved a milestone by securing overseas distribution and pre-sales in 166 countries, its distributor Lotte Entertainment said Monday. Among the countries where the film has been pre-sold are Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, ...
- by The Korea Times / Oct 31, 2025
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- 'No Other Choice,' 'The Ugly' lead Blue Dragon Film Awards nominations
- Park Chan-wook's satirical thriller "No Other Choice" swept up 12 nominations to lead the field for the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards, with Yeon Sang-ho's experimental microbudget whodunit "The Ugly" close behind with 10 nods, as South Korea's premier film awards announced...
- by The Korea Herald / Oct 29, 2025
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- Yoon Ga-eun’s ‘The World of Love’ Breaks Korean Wave Ban with Chinese Release
- Director Yoon Ga-eun’s first feature in six years, ‘The World of Love,’ has secured a Chinese distributor, Barunson E&A announced Monday. Despite the lingering effects of the Hallyu ban (Hanhanryeong, China’s restriction on Korean pop culture), the film is now slated for release in China.
- by Yonhap / Oct 27, 2025
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- Musical Independent Film ‘Gyeongseong Touring Troupe’ Blooms in Jinju
- Filmed “short and strong” over just 13 days, edited for a year and a half — completed through the dedication of local actors and staff. At last month’s Seoul premiere, many viewers said it was “more entertaining than expected.”The film will officially open on the 24th.
- by Yonhap / Oct 24, 2025
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- Confusion and love coexist in the world of eighteen… ‘The World of Love’
- A scene from the film ‘The World of Love’[Provided by Barunson E&A. Redistribution and database use prohibited.] If you were to photograph every moment in the day of Joo-in (played by Seo Soo-bin), a high school senior, and show each photo to different people, each person would come a...
- by Yonhap / Oct 22, 2025
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- Director Kang Yoon-sung, who made a feature film using AI: “It might actually create more jobs.”
- As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly becomes part of everyday life, concerns have grown that it will take away human jobs — replacing work once done by people with greater efficiency and at lower cost. However, director Kang Yoon-sung, who made “Run to the West” Korea’s first feature film using A...
- by Yonhap / Oct 20, 2025
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- Tony-winning 'Maybe Happy Ending' gets tender big-screen adaptation
- Before its major success at the Tony Awards earlier this year, where it won six awards including Best Musical, the South Korean original musical "Maybe Happy Ending" had been a beloved show in its home country for years.
- by Yonhap / Oct 17, 2025
