Hong Sangsoo Receives 5th Grand Prize from Busan Film Critics

KWON Hae-hyo and HAN Ye-ri Take Acting Honors Director HONG Sangsoo will receive the Grand Prize at the 18th Busan Film Critics Association Awards for both On the Beach at Night Alone and The Day After. It is the auteur’s fifth time to take home the prize, fol...

THE WORLD OF US Triumphs at 4th Wildflower Film Awards

The 4th edition of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea took place on April 12th at the Literary House on the slopes of Namsan in the heart of Seoul. During a night that celebrated diversity within Korea’s thriving independent cinema scene, the Grand Prize winner ...

Cine21 Chooses THE HANDMAIDEN as Best Film of the Year

The weekly Korean film publication Cine21 has issued its top 10 Korean films of the year, as voted on by its critics. Topping the 2016 list was PARK Chan-wook’s period erotic thriller The Handmaiden. The rest of the top five featured NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING ...

BORN TO BE BLUE and Remastered DIE BAD to Bookend Jeonju Film Festival

JIFF Presents Program for 17th Edition The 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will open with Robert Burdreau’s Chet Baker biopic Born to Be Blue with Ethan Hawke on April 28th. A digitally remastered version of RYOO Seung-wan’s debut film ...

2016 Jeonju Cinema Project Wrap Productions

Will Premiere at 17th JIFF in April All three of this year’s Jeonju Cinema Project all wrapped their productions in early February and are currently in post-production as they aim to bow during the upcoming 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festiv...

14 Korean Films Selected for Tigers and Dragons

Mix of Features and Shorts at Vancouver Intl. Film Festival Every year, the Vancouver International Film Festival provides audiences with a bounty of East Asian cinema as part of the Tigers and Dragons program and this year is no exception. Among the 48 films...

4th Asia Queer Film Festival to Open in Japan

LEESONG Hee-il’s Trilogy Chosen as Closing Film The 4th Asia Queer Film Festival is to be held for six days from May 24th at Cinemart in Japan’s Roppongi. The film focuses on Asian queerfilms and 27 films will be screened in 12 different programs. Korean fil...

What Are the Hot Korean Films of 14th JIFF?

Ten Must-See Films Recommended by Executive Programmer The 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, www.jiff.or.kr) is around the corner. The film jubilee will be held from April 25th to May 9th. What are works which movie buffs should pay not miss? Th...