THE REMNANTS Tops 6th Wildflower Film Awards Korea

The documentary The Remnants (2016) from directors KIM Il-ran and LEE Hyuk-sang, which chronicles the aftermath of the Yongsan Tragedy of 2009, has earned the Grand Prize at this year’s 6th edition of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea, which was held at the Seo...

AFTER MY DEATH and LAST CHILD Lead Wildflower Nominees

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea are returning for their 6th edition next month, once again to be held at the Literature House Seoul on Namsan Mountain in the heart of the Korean capital. This year’s top nominees are KIM Ui-seok’s After My Death (2018) and SHI...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...

23rd Edition of Busan International Film Festival Opens with Renewed Optimism

Despite warnings of typhoon afoot, the red carpet was rolled out and crowds came out in force for the opening ceremony of this year’s 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) on the evening of Thursday, October 4. Stars KIM Nam-gil (Pandora, 2015) and HAN...

2018 BIFF Films Are Available Online

Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Kor...

Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne to Receive BIFF Korean Cinema Award

Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, the co-founders of the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie (Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas), will receive this year’s Korean Cinema Award at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), awarded for ...

BEAUTIFUL DAYS Selected to Open 23rd BIFF

Popular star LEE Na-young’s return to the screen, the North Korea-themed indie drama Beautiful Days, has been set as the opening film of next month’s 23rd Busan International Film Festival. During press conferences held in Busan and Seoul on September 5th, LEE...