7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5

The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering ope...

THE BACCHUS LADY Picks up Prize from Asiatica Film Mediale

E J-yong’s new film The Bacchus Lady, which debuted earlier this year in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, received a Special Mention for Best Feature Film from the 17th Asiatica Film Mediale in Italy. The festival took place over...

ALIVE Takes Grand Prize at 3rd Wildflower Film Awards

MADONNA, A CRYBABY BOXING CLUB Win Best Narrative, Documentary Director Prizes PARK Jung-bum’s austere drama Alive has triumphed at the Wildflower Film Awards Korea, where it picked up the Grand Prize at the event’s third edition, which took place on the slop...

3rd Wildflower Film Awards Unveil Nominees

A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION, A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Lead the Pack The Wildflower Film Awards Korea return for their third edition next month and this week unveiled their 2016 nominees. In total, 22 films, including 15 fiction and 7 documentary works, are up fo...

A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Scoops Best Korean Indie Prize

The Association of Korean Independent Film & Video Reveals 2015 Winners On New Year’s Eve, the Association of Korean Independent Film & Video issued a press release revealing its award winners for 2015. Taking home the top prize for Best Independent F...

Busan Critics Grand Prize for RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

YOO Hae-jin and KIM Min-hee Take Acting Honors Earlier this month, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then was awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Busan Film Critics Awards. KIM Min-hee, who featured in HONG’s film, took home the Best Actress Prize, while veter...

Best Film for A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA at Asiatica Film Mediale

My Love, Don't Cross That River Also Awarded at Italian Film Festival JANG Kun-jae’s third feature A Midsummer’s Fantasia won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy. The critic...

The Warsaw Korean Film Festival 2015 Began on November 30th

Seven Latest Korean Films Introduced Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is featuring Korean films. Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is holding The Warsaw Korean Film Festival 2015 from November 30th to December 4th. Seven local films from blockbusters like Snowpiercer...

THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

Hit Period Drama Takes Home 3 KAFC Prizes LEE Joon-ik’s hit period film The Throne , starring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in, came up tops at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC), where it picked up the Best Film prize, in addition to honors ...

Triumph of Young and New Films

Korean Indie Filmmakers Find Success at Film Fests 2015 was a fruitful year for Korean cinema for fledging talents. Up-and-coming feature directors - many of them are from the independent filmmaking scene - saw great leaps in their careers. Considering the m...