The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Opens K-Movie Original Film Concert

The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival will hold a film concert with a large orchestra. The film concert is an event you listen to the soundtracks through orchestra live performance while watching the movies. At the Jecheon International Musi...

Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Returns for 15th Edition Next Month

The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) is returning for its 15th edition next month, which will run from August 8 to 13 in North Chungcheong Province. During a press conference this week in Seoul, JIMFF revealed this year’s program, which ...

UP DOWN & SIDEWAYS Tops 14th JIMFF Awards

The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) wrapped up it 2018 edition earlier this month, awarding its top prize, the Lotte Award, to the Indian film Up Down & Sideways from directors Anushka Meenakshi and Iswar Srikumar in the internation...

The 14th JIMFF Recorded its Highest Number of Entries

The 14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) has received 1,409 films which represent its highest number of submissions so far. From March 1st and for a month, JIMFF had called for film entries on its official homepage. The number of Korean...

Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival Reveals 2018 Finalists

The Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival (SIDOF) has announced the 23 finalists for this year’s Korean feature and short films competition. 10 documentaries will vie for awards in the feature section, with 13 to be featured in the competitive short film...

Korean Shorts Head to Slamdance Film Festival

A pair of Korean shorts have made the cut for next year’s Slamdance Film Festival which will be held at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival in January. The Troubled Troubadour, from directors Forest Ian Etsler and Sébastien Simon, and KIM Seung-hee’s T...

Korea Film Festival of Hungary Celebrates 10th Year

This year marks the 10th edition of the Korean Film Festival of Hungary, which took place from October 25 to 29. Operating under the slogan “Daebak” (대박), this year’s festival featured 26 screenings that covered a wide range of Korean films. According to the K...

DOH Kyung-soo and AN So-hui Win Inaugural JIMFF STAR Awards

During its 13th edition, the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival handed out two new awards: the JIMFF OST award and the JIMFF STAR award. The JIMFF OST Award was taken by KIM Hong-jip and LEE Jin-hee, the composers of The Merciless, while the JIMFF...

KAWAI Kenji to Receive Inaugural Jecheon Asia Film Music Honorary Award

The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival is returning for its 13th edition next month, from August 10th to 15th. In addition to its films, music shows and cinema concerts, this year JIMFF will introduce the Jecheon Asia Film Music Honorary Award, wh...

Busan MBC Documentary THE SUMMER IN IBARAKI Released in Tokyo

About Challenges of Teenagers of the Korean Traditional Culture Club The Summer in Ibaraki (directed by Jeon Sung-ho, 2015), documentary film produced by Busan MBC was released in Tokyo on April 14th. After it was invited to the Osaka Asian Film Festival in Ma...