The Year-end Independent Film Festival, the Seoul Independent Film Festival 2022 Kicked Off Successfully

The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 kicked off at CGV Art House Apgujeong in Seoul on the 1st of November (Thursday). The opening ceremony, hosted by Actor Kwon Haehyo, who has been with SIFF for 22 years, opened with a trailer based on the slogan ...

The Film Jeong-sun Won 2 Awards, Grand Jury Prize & Best Actress at Rome Film Fest

At the 17th Rome International Film Festival held at the Parco Della Musica Auditorium in Rome, Italy on the 22nd of October (local time), Director Jeong Jihye's Jeong-sun won the Grand Jury Prize and lead actor Kim Geumsoon took home the Best Actress awar...

Making BIFAN’s Night Hotter, K-Movie Night Bucheon 2022

Filmmakers and cineastes from Korea and abroad visited the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), which opened as an offline event with the audience for the first time in 3 years, and at 8 p.m. on July 8, the K-Movie Night Bucheon 2022 ven...

The Children Gone to Poland, Directed by Actor-director Choo Sangmee, Released in Japan

Actor-director Choo Sangmee’s film, The Children Gone to Poland, was released in Japan on June 18. The film will be released in Yokohama, Osaka, and Kyoto, starting with Tokyo.The Children Gone to Poland is a documentary film based on the true story of 1,500 K...

Sewing Sisters, the Grand Prize Winner of the 9th Wild Flower Film Awards Documentary

Wild Flower Film Awards, the representative award ceremony of the Korean independent film industry, was held on May 27 (Fri) at Namsan Literature House in Seoul. Marking its 9th anniversary this year, Wild Flower Film Awards is designed to re-examine and promo...

The Korean Film Council Hosted ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ at Endemic Film Festival Successfully

At 8 p.m. on April 29, the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival Center was filled with more than 200 cineastes who visited the ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairperson Park Kiyong). The event was designed to form a close network b...

‘Jeonju is a Film!’ With the Audience, the 23rd Jeonju IFF Kicked Off

“Jeonju is…?” “A film!” More than 2,300 audiences filled Jeonju Dome responded enthusiastically to the lead of Kim Seungsoo, the chairperson of the organizing committee at the Jeonju International Film Festival. It was the opening declaration announcing the fu...

Director Shin Suwon’s HOMMAGE, Invited to the 21st Tribeca Film Festival

Director Shin Suwon's new film, HOMMAGE, is heating up the world's leading film festivals. After winning the Best Jury Prize at the 20th Florence Korea Film Fest closed on April 15, the film has been officially invited to the Viewpoints section of the ...

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 ...

Missing Yoon & DROWN of KAFA, Invited to the Competition at the Jeonju IFF

The graduation films of the Feature Film Programs at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) have been invited to the international film festivals one after another. The 14th graduation films of KAFA, Missing Yoon and DROWN have officially been invited to the c...