BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS Invited to IFFR Tiger Competition

The new Korean thriller Beast Clawing at Straws from debut director KIM Yong-hoon will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition. Centering around a Louis Vuitton bag filled with cash, the film stars JEON Do-...

WINTER’S NIGHT, MAGGIE and THE SPY GONE NORTH Invited to Rotterdam

The International Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR), which kicked off on January 23, has invited three Korean films to its program this year, YI Ok-seop’s Maggie (2018), YOON Jong-bin’s The Spy Gone North (2018) and JANG Woo-jin’s Winter’s Night (2018). Screening...

MISS BAEK to Open NYAFF Winter Showcase

The New York Asian Film Festival is launching its first ‘Winter Showcase’ next month and the film that has been selected to open the event is LEE Ji-won’s indie drama Miss Baek(2018). The film’s star HAN Ji-min will visit the American metropolis on the occasio...

JANG Joon-hwan to Preside over 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Jury

The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, t...

LAST CHILD and THE POET AND THE BOY Headed to Seattle

This month’s 44th Seattle International Film Festival will welcome a pair of new Korean independent films when it opens on May 17th. SHIN Dong-seok’s Last Child (2017) and KIM Yang-hee’sThe Poet and The Boy(2017) will be among the 433 films screening at SIFF t...

Korean Talents Pick up 4 Prizes at Asian Film Awards

Korean film talent came away with several awards at this year’s 12th Asian Film Awards, which took place in the Venetian Hotel in Macau. Four Korean film professionals picked up prizes from a total 17 nominations for Korean talent in total. Girls’ Generation m...

YANG Ik-june Nominated for Best Actor at Mainichi Film Awards

Korean actor and filmmaker YANG Ik-june has been nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards, one of the top film industry awards shows in Japan. He was nominated for his role in the film Wilderness, along with his co-star SUDA Masaki. ...

Tokyo Film Festival Welcomes THE POET AND THE BOY

KIM Yang-hee’s debut The Poet and the Boy has been invited to screen in the ‘World Focus’ section of this year’s 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. The film, which stars YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin and JUNG Ga-ram, was one of the three Jeonju Cinema Projec...

Toronto Welcomes THE POET AND THE BOY and THE DAY AFTER

Hong Sangsoo will return to the Toronto International Film Festival next month with his 21st feature The Day After, which debuted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, while Jeonju Cinema Project The Poet and The Boy and the short (100f...

Muju Film Festival Raises Curtain on 5th Edition

On a clear evening on June 2nd, the Muju Film Festival opened the doors to its 5th edition. The opening ceremony was hosted by actors PARK Cheol-min and KIM Hye-na and featured live performances from famed singer HAN Young-ae, among others. The ceremony was fo...