AMPAS Invites 14 New Korean Members

Last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) welcomed its new members for 2018, which included a record 14 professionals from the Korean film industry, including an array of directors, actors, and below-the-line talents. Among the most p...

BURNING Claims FIPRESCI and Vulcan Prizes in Cannes

Following an eight-year absence, director LEE Chang-dong returned in a grand form to the director’s chair with BURNING, which debuted last week in the main competition section of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Drawing some of the strongest revie...

THE HANDMAIDEN Earns 4 Prizes from 11th Asian Film Awards

Best Director for THE WAILING’s NA Hong-jin Korean films were the big winners at the 11th Asian Film Awards, held in Hong Kong on Tuesday March 21st after three years in Macau to celebrate the 20th anniversary of territory’s handover from the UK to China. The ...

THE HANDMAIDEN and TRAIN TO BUSAN Lead Asian Film Awards Nominees

Returning to Hong Kong after three editions held in Macau, the Asian Film Awards have announced the nominations for their 11th edition, to be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on March 21st. Leading the list of nominees is PARK Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden w...

US Critics Circles Heap Awards on THE HANDMAIDEN

Though the film is ineligible for the foreign language competition of the next Academy Awards, that hasn’t stopped PARK Chan-wook’s latest film The Handmaiden from blazing a trail through the 2016 North American awards circuit. To date, the film has picked up ...

LA Film Critics Give THE HANDMAIDEN Best Foreign Film Prize

PARK Chan-wook’s new work The Handmaiden is gaining steam on the American awards circuit after receiving two prizes at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The period thriller was triumphant in the Foreign-Language Film category and also came away ...

INSIDE MEN Deemed Best Film at 37th Blue Dragon Awards

WOO Min-ho’s political thriller Inside Men won the Best Film award in a competitive field at this year’s 37th Blue Dragon Awards, the top Korean industry awards ceremony. Yet the most prolific winner of the night was the Cannes-bowed horror-thriller THE WAILIN...

VETERAN Triumphs at the 25th Buil Film Awards

The Buil Film Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious film awards ceremonies in South Korea, which is hosted by the Busan Ilbo, held its 25th edition on October 7th, during the Busan International Film Festival. This year’s Best Film Award winner was RY...

RYU Seong-hee Wins Cannes’ Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Top Korean Production Designer Awarded for THE HANDMAIDEN PARK Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden vied for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, and though the auteur may not have come away with a competition award this year, as opposed to hi...

ASSASSINATION Tops 2nd Korean Film Producers Association Awards

RYOO Seung-wan Picks up Best Director Prize for VETERAN Following its Best Film win at the Blue Dragon Awards last month, CHOI Dong-hoon’s Colonial Era action-thriller Assassination has come up tops again, picking up the Best Film Award at the 2nd edition of ...