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- SPECIAL DELIVERY with Park Sodam Invited to Rotterdam’s Harbour Program
- Special DELIVERY, a new action-thriller featuring Park Sodam of Parasite (2019) fame, has been selected to screen at the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The film will bow in the festival’s Harbour program, a recently launched strand that focuses on presenting a wide variety of...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 2021
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- Jeong Jaeeun Doc and Classic Korean TV Episode Invited to Rotterdam
- Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts (2021)A new documentary by Jeong Jaeeun and an episode of a classic Korean TV series are among the works that will screen at next year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Both Jeong’s Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts and Choi Sangsik’s Korean Ghost Story – ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2021
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- Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York
- ‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York from November 22 to December 4 this year...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 08, 2019
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- BAE Doo-na and KWAK Sin-ae Receive Etoile du Cinema Awards
- International star BAE Doo-na and Barunson E&A CEO KWAK Shin-ae were awarded the ‘Etoile du Cinéma’ (Cinema Star) prizes during the Busan International Film Festival this year. BAE was conferred her award ahead of the premiere of her latest film #iamhere at the festival, while KWAK was given her...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 15, 2019
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- Paris Korean Film Festival Returns for 13th Edition on October 30
- The 13th edition of the Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) will open its doors on October 30 and run until November 6. This year’s FFCP will open with the Chuseok smash The Great Battle before being brought to a close with the youth drama Sunset in My Hometown. From director KIM Kwang-sik and staring...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2018
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- Seoul Eco Film Festival to Highlight Concerns over Air Pollution
- The Seoul Eco Film Festival, which used to be known as the Green Film Festival in Seoul, held a press conference in Seoul on April 24 to announce its lineup. The event will stage its 15th edition from May 17 to 23 and this year’s opening film will be the Swiss documentary Genesis 2.0 by Christian Fr...
- by Pierce Conran / May 01, 2018
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- Seoul Independent Film Festival Announces Competition Selection and Programming
- The 2017 Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) released its programming for their festival which will take place in November. On October 20th, SIFF announced 38 films from the Competition section, 26 films in the New Choice section, 30 for Special Invitation, along with other special programming th...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Oct 31, 2017
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- The 19th SIWFF Opens on June 1st
- The 19th edition of SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) will be held at the Megabox Sinchon from June 1st to 7th. Under the theme of ‘Women’s Past, Present and Future’, the festival unveiled its opening day and the official poster which was designed by installation artist YANG Hae-gue....
- by KIM Hyun-jung / Mar 20, 2017
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- London Korean Film Festival Puts on Women’s Focus for 11th Edition
- THE TRUTH BENEATH, YOURSELF AND YOURS to Bookend Fest The London Korean Film Festival is getting ready to put on its 11th edition in November, which will run from November 3rd to the 27th, first in London and then around the UK, making in stops in Glasgow, Belfast, Sheffield, Manchester and Notting...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 05, 2016
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- JISEUL Tops 1st Wildflower Film Awards
- Wide Array of Korean Independent Films Honored The 1st edition of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea were held in Seoul on Tuesday night at the Literature House Seoul. Nine awards were handed out to the best Korean independent films released in 2013 with O Muel’s Jiseul picking up the top Wildflower ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 02, 2014