JEONG Da-hee’s MOVEMENTS Picks Up Valladolid Award

JEONG Da-hee’s animated short Movements, which debuted in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has picked up the Silver Spike award in the short film competition from the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain. Movem...

Fantasia’s 1st Wave Includes 7 from Korea

North America’s top destination for genre cinema, the Fantasia International Film Festival recently unveiled the first wave of its 2019 program, which so far includes seven films from Korea, ranging from box office hits to award-winning indie dramas. Director ...

Sylvain Chomet to Adapt Korean Novel FAMILIAR THINGS

French director Sylvain Chomet will be adapting a Korean novel for the big screen. The animated feature will be based on renowned Korean novelist HWANG Sok-yong’s ‘Familiar Things’. Director Chomet is well known for his animated films, which include The Triple...

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...

MY FATHER’S ROOM Wins Best Student Short Film Prize at Festival Anima

JANG Na-ri Animation Awarded in Brussels Director JANG Na-ri was triumphant at the 36th Festival Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, where her film My Father’s Room earned her the Best Student Short Film Prize. The main prize at Anima this year went t...

MY FATHER’S ROOM and ONE-MINDED Invited to Slamdance

The Slamdance Film Festival will invite a pair of Korean shorts to its 23rd edition, which will take place in Park City, USA concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to 26th. One-Minded will screen in the Narrative Shorts Program while My...

ON THE WHITE PLANET Picks Up Grand Prix at HAFF

A Korean student production prevailed at the 18th Holland Animation Film Festival, picking up the Grand Prix for feature film. Produced by the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), HUR Bum-wook’s On the White Planet was the second consecutive Korean feature to p...