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 ...

Aloners, the Grand Prize Winner at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival

Award-winning news of the film <Aloners> at film festivals continues. Director Hong Sungeun's <Aloners> won the Grand Prize (the Best Picture) at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival, which closed on March 20, 2022.The film <Aloners>, depic...

Hong Kong Arts Centre to Stage Korean Women Independent Film Series

The Hong Kong Arts Centre is set to present a series of screenings of independent films by Korean women, starting next month in Hong Kong. Co-presented by the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival, ‘Women Direct. K...

Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt Presents Its Biggest Program for 9th Edition

The Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt kicked off its 9th edition online yesterday (Wednesday, November 18), during which it is presenting it largest ever program, comprising 36 titles spanning all manner of genres and themes. Kicking off the event in the openi...

JUNG Hae-in, KOO Kyo-hwan, KIM Sung-kyun and SON Suk-ku Sign Up For Netflix Show D.P.

Coin Locker Girl (2015) director HAN Jun-hee has locked the cast for his forthcoming six-part Netflix Original series D.P., based on a Korean webtoon by KIM Bo-tong, will star JUNG Hae-in, KOO Kyo-hwan, KIM Sung-kyun and SON Suk-ku. D.P., which stands for ‘Des...

LEE Joo-young to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Actress LEE Joo-young will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which kicked off on August 28. LEE initially made her screen debut in 2012, in the short film Encounter, but it was in ...

KIM-GUN Triumphs at 7th Wildflower Film Awards

Documentary KIM-GUN (2018) won the Grand Prize at this year’s 7th Wildflower Film Awards, which took place in Central Seoul on May 22 while February was the most awarded film with a total of three prizes. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the event, ...

Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019

Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial ...

BFI London Film Festival Picks 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Notably, among the quintet, four of the titles are from women directors. The full lineup includes House of Hummingbird, Maggie, The House of Us, Heart and The Dude in Me. On...

IDOL, HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu Awarded at Fantasia

LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for B...