Director Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film Won the Silver Bear at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival

At the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, Director Hong Sangsoo's 27th feature <The Novelist's Film> has won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. After winning the Best Director for <The Woman Who Ran> in 2020 and the Best Screenplay for...

Hong Sangsoo and KIM Min-Hee Return to Berlin Competition with THE WOMAN WHO RAN

The 70 Berlin International Film Festival has been steadily revealing its program over the last few weeks and among its many sections will be three Korean projects, including Hong Sangsoo’s new film with KIM Min-hee, The Woman Who Ran, which will feature in th...

Hong Sangsoo Receives 5th Grand Prize from Busan Film Critics

KWON Hae-hyo and HAN Ye-ri Take Acting Honors Director HONG Sangsoo will receive the Grand Prize at the 18th Busan Film Critics Association Awards for both On the Beach at Night Alone and The Day After. It is the auteur’s fifth time to take home the prize, fol...

FINECUT Adds Bom Film Productions Library to Catalogue

Korean sales agent FINECUT has partnered with top Korean film house Bom Film Productions to represent the group’s titles internationally. Set up by producer OH Jung-wan in 1999, Bom is a longtime industry leader that has been responsible for several major mode...

Berlinale Awards KIM Min-hee Silver Bear for Best Actress

It was a big year for Korean films at the Berlin International Film Festival with a pair of major prizes going to Korean film talent at the conclusion of the 67th Berlinale on Saturday, February 18th. KIM Min-hee became the first Korean performer to earn a pri...

Berlin Critics Pour Praise on Hong Sangsoo’s ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE

Hong Sangsoo’s 19th film is drawing some of the best and most consistent reviews after premiering in competition at the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. On the Beach at Night Alone, which stars KIM Min-hee in the lead role, is the direct...

Berlinale Takes BECOMING WHO I WAS for Generation Kplus

The 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival is beginning to take shape, with the full lineups of the Generation sections and the Culinary program revealed in the last few days. Heading to Berlin next month will be the documentary Becoming Who I ...

HONG Sang-soo Reunites with Isabelle Huppert for 20th Film

KIM Min-hee Co-Stars in Auteur’s Cannes-Set Production Despite already having a pair of films in post-production, acclaimed auteur HONG Sang-soo is already back behind the camera. For his 20th feature production, the director is teaming up once again with Fre...

Latest HONG Sang-soo Tapped for NYFF Main Slate

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN Heads to New York The New York Film Festival (NYFF) has invited HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then to its upcoming 53rd edition as part of its 26-film main slate. This marks the eighth time that the auteur has had a film invited to NY...

CinemAsia Invites OH Jung-wan for In Focus Program

Veteran Bom Film Producer to Visit the Netherlands   The CinemAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has invited veteran producer OH Jung-wan to take part in its annual In Focus program, which seeks to highlight underrepresented areas of Asian ...