In the New Year, K-Movies Invited to the Major Overseas Film Festivals

Several Korean films have been invited to major overseas film festivals in the new year. Director Son Minzun's CUT, Director Jeon Jinkyu's The House of Loss, and Director Kang Hongju's Little by Little were listed in the Compétition Internationale ...

The 39th Busan International Short Film Festival, Held with the Audience in 3 Years, Closed Successfully on May 2

Adjustment (2022)The Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF), the short film festival that has the longest history in Korea, closed on May 2. The 39th BISFF, which opened on April 27 under the theme of ‘Expanding Cinema,’ screened 154 short films from ...

35th Busan International Short Film Festival Reveals Competition Sections

The 35th Busan International Short Film Festival(BISFF) is just around the corner and last month on the 28th they revealed the 62 titles that have been selected for this year’s International Competition and Korean Competition sections. The list includes 42 int...

Busan International Short Film Festival Welcomes Record 5,921 Submissions

The Busan International Short Film Festival received 5,921 submissions from 129 countries for the competition sections of this year’s upcoming 35th edition, which will take place over April 24-29. The finalists in both the International and Korean competition ...

Oscar Qualifying Festivals in Korea

Two Korea film festivals became Oscar Qualifying Festivals. On December 22nd, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced that the Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) and the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISF...

Clermont-Ferrand Welcomes 3 Korean Shorts to Competition

The 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which will take place over February 2-10, will welcome three Korean short films to its international competition this year, OH Seo-ro's animation (OO)(2017) and the fiction shorts Home without Me...

Busan Short Film Fest Sets Canadian Guest Country Program

For its 34th edition, which will kick off on April 25th and run until the 30th, the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) will include a special focus on Canada for its Guest Country Program in honor of the 150th anniversary of the country’s founding...

BISFF Reveals Competition Lineups

34th Busan International Short Film Festival Opens April 25th The 34th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival will open for its six-day run on April 25th. Ahead of the full program launch, BISFF has revealed the contestants for both its Interna...

DEER FLOWER Scores Annie Awards Nomination

The Korean animated short film Deer Flower by KIM Kang-min has been nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject prize at the upcoming 44th edition of the Annual Annie Awards. Presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association,...

Busan International Short Film Festival Open for Submissions

Next year’s 34th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF), which will kick off on April 25th, is now open for entries. Organizers of the BISFF announced that they will be accepting entries until January 10th of next year for their Interna...