Prosperous Second Appearance at Cannes for MOON Byoung-gon The illustrious Cannes Film Festival wound to a close last night (May 26th) issuing out its coveted awards that have had pundits guessing throughout the fest’s 12-day run. Korea, despite having no feature-length films in the lineup this year, also had something to celebrate. The short Safe, by director MOON Byoung-gon, was handed the Sho...
The 22nd Stockholm International Film Festival has announced its line-up to include a slew of films from the Republic of Korea including HONG Sang-soo’s<The Day He Arrives>, which previously screened in Cannes. In the Asian Images section along with <The Day He Arrives>, the festival has selected up-and-coming director JEON Kyu-hwan’s <Dance Town>, about North Korean escapees, ...
Recent works of Korean directors, who were already invited to Cannes once before, are selected to 2011 Cannes's Un Certain Regard. The lists are HONG Sangsoo's new film <The Day He Arrives>, a story based on a famous town, Bukchon, in Seoul; NA Hong-jin's <The Yellow Sea>, a more fiercely heated thriller film than his previous film <The Chaser>; and KIM Ki-duk's a...
The Korean Film Council in joint with the Busan International Film Festival, Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened a “Korean Film Night” on May 16 at 9pm during the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The three-hour event was much more vibrant than previous years, with a total 540 guests including directors, actors, programmers of major internat...
Awards and Invitation
Hong Kong International Film Festival (2012)
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (2012) - International Program
Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival : CinDi (2011) - Butterfly
Stockholm International Film Festival (2011) - Short Film Competition
Cannes Film Festival (2011) - International Critics' Week