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- The New York Asian Film Festival 2022, Holding ‘Korean Movie Special Exhibition,’ Screening 14 Films in Total
- The New York Asian Film Festival 2022,’ which opened on July 15, will hold a ‘Korean Movie Special Exhibition,’ where you can meet 14 Korean films. This special exhibition, co-hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in New York with the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center, is spon...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 19, 2022
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- Global Cineastes, Appointed Juries for the 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival
- The 23rd Jeonju IFF appointed 14 jury members for the NETPAC Award and the competition sections, consisting of leading domestic and foreign cineastes, including directors, actors, and programmers of various nationalities.First, the judges of the International Competition section are actor Park Haseo...
- by Hellen Park / Apr 21, 2022
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- JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku Hold Hands for WOO-RI, JA-YOUNG
- Rising stars JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku will be teaming up for the romantic comedy Woo-ri, Ja-young (working title), which will mark the commercial filmmaking debut of acclaimed indie filmmaker JEONG Ga-young. Ja-young (JUN Jong-seo) is a 29-year-old woman who is deep in debt. After her one-month b...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 03, 2020
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- BFI London Film Festival Picks 5 from Korea
- Five Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Notably, among the quintet, four of the titles are from women directors. The full lineup includes House of Hummingbird, Maggie, The House of Us, Heart and The Dude in Me. One of the most successful Korean festival...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 18, 2019
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- MOON So-ri and JANG Joon-hwan to Visit Korean Film Festival DC
- The Korean Film Festival DC returns this month for its 2019 edition, which will unfold from May 10 to July 1. This year’s event will feature 11 recent Korean titles as well as a pair of very special guests, acclaimed actress MOON So-ri and director JANG Joon-hwan. Screenings will take place at the F...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2019
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- London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT
- The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return has been set as the closing film. This yea...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2018
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- NYAFF Invites 10 from Korea for 17th Edition
- The New York Asian Film Festival will return for its 17th edition at the end of this month, lifting its curtain on the 29th. Among this year’s lineup will be ten Korean films, including JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat in competition. Korean actor KIM Yun-seok will also be on hand to receive one of this ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 22, 2018
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- M-Line Brings Commercial Drama, Acclaimed Indies and VR Content to EFM
- M-Line Distributionpresented a wealth of titles at this year’s European Film Market (EFM), which include several upcoming commercial titles, an array of acclaimed independent films as well as their first VR content acquisitions. Leading their slate is the upcoming youth drama Little Forest, the late...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 27, 2018
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- Korean Specialty Film Distributors Announce 2018 Lineups
- Korea’s specialty film distributors have confirmed their lineups for 2018.Korean distributors specializing in art house and independent films, such as CGV ARTHOUSE, INDIESTORY, Cinema DAL, MOVement and Atnine Film.Meanwhile, after receiving critical acclaim and having had successful festival runs, m...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Jan 25, 2018
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- Seoul Independent Film Festival Reveals Jury List
- The 43rd edition of the Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF), one of the most renowned events for independent films in Korea, released the jury list for this year’s festival. The jury for the Competition category consists of directors BYUN Young-joo, LEE Hyuk-sang, JUNG Byung-gil, cinematographer ...
- by KIM Su-bin / Dec 07, 2017