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- Actor Lee Jungeun of Hommage Won the Best Performance Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Actor Lee Jungeun of the film, Hommage, won the Best Performance Award at the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Following the Best Actress Award at the 7th London East Asia Film Festival, she once again won the best actor award at the international film awards.The 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards cere...
- by Park Hyejin / Nov 21, 2022
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- Hommage, Invited to London East Asian Film Festival
- Director Shin Suwon's film Hommage has been invited to the London East Asian Film Festival. This is the 8th invitation to the overseas film festivals after being invited to the 18th Glasgow Film Festival, the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival, the 21st Tribeca Festival, and the 69th Sydney ...
- by Park Hyejin / Jun 09, 2022
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- The Korean Film Council Hosted ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ at Endemic Film Festival Successfully
- At 8 p.m. on April 29, the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival Center was filled with more than 200 cineastes who visited the ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairperson Park Kiyong). The event was designed to form a close network between overseas cineastes and Korean cin...
- by Park Hyejin / Apr 29, 2022
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- Director Shin Suwon’s HOMMAGE, Invited to the 21st Tribeca Film Festival
- Director Shin Suwon's new film, HOMMAGE, is heating up the world's leading film festivals. After winning the Best Jury Prize at the 20th Florence Korea Film Fest closed on April 15, the film has been officially invited to the Viewpoints section of the 21st Tribeca Film Festival.The Tribeca F...
- by Hellen Park / Apr 25, 2022
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- HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS and ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU to Bookend 20th Florence Korea Film Fest
- Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2019)The Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 20th edition this spring, taking place between April 7 and 15. A total of 76 Korean films are scheduled to screen at this year’s edition, including 35 feature-length titles and 41 short films.This year’s eve...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 23, 2022
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- Shin Suwon’s HOMMAGE to Compete at Tokyo International Film Festival
- PARASITE’s Lee Jungeun Leads Story About Struggles of Women in Film IndustryMadonna (2015) director Shin Suwon is back with her latest film Hommage, which will premiere in competition at this year’s 34th Tokyo International Film Festival.Starring Parasite (2019) actress Lee Jungeun, the film follows...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 01, 2021
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- PARK Jung-bum Awarded Special Jury Prize at Locarno
- PARK Jung-bum’s third film Height of the Wave has picked up the Special Jury Prize in competition at the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars LEE Seung-yeon (House of Hummingbird) as a police officer who is restationed to an out-of-the-way island with her daughter following her d...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 26, 2019
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Picks Up Grand Prix for Best Film from the International Jury in Berlin
- KIM Bora’s debut film House of Hummingbird has been awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film from the International Jury in the Generation 14plus section at this year’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The film initially premiered in the New Currents competition section of last year’s Busan Inte...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 18, 2019
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- KIM Da-mi Picks Up Rising Star Award at LEAFF
- KIM Da-mi, the breakout star from this year’s mystery-action-drama The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, has received the Rising Star Award from this year’s recently concluded London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF). The new star was in London to receive her prize during the festival’s closing ceremony...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 14, 2018
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- Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass
- The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will visit Italy with his period film The Fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 19, 2018