KAFA to Hold a Special Event to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Its Feature Film Directing Program

Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) is holding a special event in September to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its feature film directing program, called “KAFA: Ten-year-old Story.” For promotional ambassadors, LEE Je-hoon of Bleak Night (2011) and KIM Go-eun...

KOFIC Stages Free VIP Screening Series in Los Angeles

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) recently announced that it would be putting on a four-film VIP Screening Series in the Laemmle Music Hall in Los Angeles. The series is took place to celebrate five Korean films figures who were recently invited to become member...

Summary of Status & Insight: Korean Film Industry 2013

Summary of Status & Insight: Korean Film Industry 2013 The Trimmed Report The Korean film industry saw its highest level of growth during 2013. With KRW 1.88 trillion in overall revenue, there were increases in admissions, ticket sales, ancillary market...

‘Korean Film Night’ at the Berlin International Film Festival

attended by more than 600 Korean and international film professionals On February 10th (local time), ‘Korean Film Night’ was held during the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Sponsored by the Korean Film Council(KOFIC, Chairman KIM Eui-suk) and the Busa...

Korean Film Industry Records USD 1.74 Billion Revenue in 2013

Strong Performance in Overseas Sales and New Ancillary Markets 2013 set a new best year record for the Korean film industry. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Eui-suk) reported that last year’s total revenue reached an impressive USD 1.74 billion ...

Korean Industry Crosses 200 Million Admissions for 1st Time

Record Attendance in Blockbuster Year As of the end of yesterday (December 17th), the Korean film industry total’s attendance figured had reached 199.98 million admissions. At some point this morning the figure is expected to ease its way over 200 million for ...

Korean Box Office Hit 100 Million in Total Admissions

The total number of admissions in the 2013 Korean box office has reached 100 million. According to the Korean Film Council(KOFIC)’s Korean film industry October report announced on November 11th, the Korean box office hit 100 million in total admissions at a r...

“Korean Film Night” held at Cannes International Film Festival

Three Young Korean Filmmakers at Cannes Introduced Korean Film Night, organized by the Korean Film Council, was held at 9pm May 20th at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival. Some 500 industry professionals attended the event, making it a great success...

Czech Minister of Culture Visits KOFIC

KOFIC Director KIM Eui-suk promises more co-operation between Korea and the Czech Republic A delegation led by Hon. Ms. Alena Hanáková, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic visited the Korean Film Council at 10am on January 25th. The Czech minister me...