Actors Lee Youngae & Kim Sangkyung, Appointed as Jury Members for the Actor & Actress of the Year Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held for 10 days from October 5 to 14, has appointed actor Lee Youngae and actor Kim Sangkyung as jury members for the ‘Actor & Actress of the Year Award.’ The Actor & Actress of the Year Award ...

BAMSEOM PIRATES Wins Wildflower Grand Prize

JUNG Yoon-suk’s sophomore documentary Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (2017) became the first ever documentary film to pick up the Grand Prize at the Wildflower Film Awards, which held their fifth edition on Thursday, April 12. A documentary following a punk ban...

CLAIRE’S CAMERA, HAPPY BUS DAY Invited to Golden Horse

Hong Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera and LEE Seung-won’s Happy Bus Day have been invited to screen at the 54th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, which takes place from November 3rd to 24th. HONG’s film will screen in the ‘Masters’ section while Happy Bus Day will f...

Korean Trio Head to Karlovy Vary

New PARK Chan-wook Film and More in the Czech Republic This year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will feature a trio of Korean films in its lineup. Coming in straight from the Cannes Film Festival is PARK Chan-wook’s latest feature The Handmaiden, ...

M-Line Launches DONGJU, SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING at EFM

THE BACCHUS LADY Premieres in Panorama Section With a mix of festival titles, Korean Academy of Film Arts productions and genres spanning period drama, animation and more, M-Line Distribution has brought a comprehensive lineup of Korean cinema to the European...

Pop Star IM Si-wan Joins ONE LINE

Film Noir Will Co-Star JIN Goo Veteran actor JIN Goo and pop star IM Si-wan, who is quickly making a name for himself as a screen actor, have joined the film One Line (working title). The second directorial of YANG Kyoung-mo, following the indie Exit-acy from...

Five Korean Indies to Screen in Rotterdam

IFFR Takes Busan Trio and latest from HONG sang-soo, Jogko ANWAR Five independent Korean films, three of which had their world premieres at the 20th Busan International Film Festival last October (though all five screened there), are set to have bows as part ...

Seoul Independent Film Festival 2015 Announced Its Lineup of 102 Movies

SIFF Will Screen Nine Features and Three Shorts for the First Time in Korea The 41st Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) for nine days from November 26th announced its lineup except International Invitation programs. SIFF 2015 announced 21 films in New Ch...

IMMORTAL and WALNUT TREE Triumph at 20th BIFF

MOUNTAIN CRY Closes out Busan International Film Festival The 20th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wound to a close this past Saturday (October 10th), announcing its signature awards during a closing ceremony that was followed by the w...