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- MOVING ON Wins Best Youth Feature Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Yoon Danbi’s Debut Continues to Score International AcclaimYoon Danbi’s acclaimed debut film, the indie drama Moving On (2020), has won the Best Youth Feature Film Award at this year’s 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (ASPA).The film focuses on a girl and her younger brother, who move with their fath...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 18, 2021
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- BEAUTY WATER and OK! MADAM Invited to Neuchatel
- Korean Films on Show in Swiss Genre FestThe animation Beauty Water (2020) and the sky-high action-comedy OK! MADAM (2020) have been invited to screen at this year’s Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Switzerland. Both films are part of the ‘New Cinema from Asia’ program at th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 02, 2021
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- Hong Sangsoo’s INTRODUCTION to Screen at Shanghai International Film Festival
- BEAUTY WATER and Korean Classics Invited to Top Chinese Film FestivalThe Shanghai International Film Festival is welcoming four Korean films this year for its 24th edition, which is unspooling from June 11 to 20. These include one of Hong Sangsoo’s two new films this year, the hit Korean animation B...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 14, 2021
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- Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 6 Korean Films
- The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, the oldest and most prestigious genre film festival in the world, is returning for its 53rd edition on October 8. Heading to the sunny Sitges shores this year will be six films from Korea, including YEON Sang-ho’s blockbuster Peninsula, ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 10, 2020
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- BEAUTY WATER to Flow into 4 Countries in September
- Festival-Screened Korean Animation Scores Overseas Sales After screening at several major film festivals around the world, CHO Kyung-hun’s dark animation Beauty Water has been picked up for distribution, with theatrical releases in four overseas territories confirmed for September. Beauty Wateris sc...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 26, 2020
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- 5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave
- The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The festival recently revealed its second wa...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 03, 2020
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- THE SHAMAN SORCERESS and SURA Awarded in Annecy
- A pair of Korean films have received jury distinctions at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the most prestigious event for animated films around the world. AHN Jae-huun’s The Shaman Sorceress (2018) was awarded in the Contrechamp competition section, while JEONG Hae-ji’s Sura was rec...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 03, 2020