Director RYOO Seung-wan Held 'Master Class' at Beijing Film Academy

Blockbuster director RYOO Seung-wan held a Master Class at the Beijing Film Academy on December 1. Co-hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and China’s Beijing Film Academy, the master class gave Chinese film students and filmmakers the opportunity to lear...

2015 KAFA+ Workshop Holds ‘Action Master Class with JUNG Doo-hong’

An Action Film Workshop with the Korean Master JUNG Doo-hong A special opportunity has been made to aspiring filmmakers to learn how to direct and choreograph action films from Seoul Action Film’s master JUNG Doo-hong. Korean Film Council (Chairman KIM Sae-ho...

The First Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival Now Open

The Berlin File as Opening Film The very first Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival will be held this year from October 2nd until the 8th. It’s the first time to screen Korean films in a multiplex in Latin America. There has been screenings of older Korean films...

Estonia and South Korea Sign Co-operation Memorandum

A new memorandum of mutual understanding will be signed by Estonia and South Korea during the Industry Days market event held in conjunction with this year’s Black Nights International Film Festival in Tallinn (POFF). The agreement, which will be the first of ...

JUVENILE OFFENDER to Represent Korea at the Oscars

KANG Yi-kwan’s Drama Beats Out 8 Other Competitors     KANG Yi-kwan’s Juvenile Offender has been selected as the Korean film to be submitted to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in February of next year. Korean Film Council (KOFI...

Korean Films Dominate During 1st Quarter

Local Box Office on Fire Heading Into Spring 2012 ended with a slew of new records for the Korean film industry but 2013 has gotten off to an even better start, hinting at even greater heights to be reached throughout the year. A varied mix at the marquees po...