Jeonju Film Festival to Stage Taeheung Film Company Retrospective

Chihwhaseon (2002)In addition to hosting the premieres of independent works from Korea and around the world, this year’s upcoming 23rd edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will also stage an eight-film retrospective dedicated to the influential Ta...

SHIN Chul Appointed Festival Director of BIFAN

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) has appointed a new festival director. Taking the reins will be SHIN Chul, a pioneer figure in the Korean film industry who has been overseeing the production of films since the late 1980s. SHIN will st...

KWAK Kyung-taek to Return with THE BATTLE OF JANGSARI

Veteran filmmaker KWAK Kyung-taek has set his next project, the Korean War film The Battle of Jangsari (translated title). KWAK will co-direct with new filmmaker KIM Tae-hoon on the project, which will be the second installment in a planned trilogy kicked off ...

Inaugural Meeting for the Directors Guild of Korea Takes Place

Up for a new beginning on April 1st with LEE Jun-ik, appointed as the first representative The Directors Guild of Korea, founded cooperatively by 300 directors actively working in the Korean film industry, is going to have the first official inaugural meetin...