KIM Kee-duk, one of the most important Korean filmmakers of the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 83. The director of The Barefooted Young (1964) and Yongary: Monster from the Deep (1967) succumbed to lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with five months ago, on the afternoon of Thursday, September 7th. KIM debuted at the age of 27 with the film Five Marines (1961) and quickly established himse...

Veteran Producer Succeeds KIM Young-bin Veteran film producer CHOI Yong-bae has been appointed as the new festival director of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). He will begin his three-year term on January 1st, 2016, replacing current director KIM Young-bin, who is expected to make a return to feature filmmaking. Known for producing BONG Joon-ho’s The Host (2006), which he...