Korean Film Archive Reveals YOUN Yuh-jung Retrospective

KOFA to Present 18 Works from Academy Award Winner’s Illustrious CareerYOUN Yuh-jung, who made history last month as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar at the Academy Awards, where she picked up Best Supporting Actress Award for Lee Isaac CHUNG’s Mina...

Oscar Winner YOUN Yuh-jung Continues to Lay New Roots

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Ac...

Director PANG Eun-jin Returns with UNCHAIN

Director PANG Eun-jin is returning with her fourth film Unchain, which is set to begin shooting this month with PARK Sung-woong as the lead. The cast of the melodramatic fantasy will also feature OH Seung-hoon and YUN Seung-a. PARK will play Jae-ha, a stage ac...

Korean Film Festival DC Lines Up 11 Films

Kicks off on Korea Day with THE SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW Kicking off on the 3rd in honor of Korea Day at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art in Washington, DC, the Korean Film Festival DC, curated by To Vick, will roll...

BIFF Reveals Program for 18th Edition

301 Films from 70 Countries to Screen Korea’s largest film event, the Busan International Film Festival, is set to return for its 18th edition next month. Yesterday evening, the festival revealed its packed program for 2013. This year’s festival will feature ...

Risky and Shocking Sex Stories

Fatal Love, Hatred and Sympathy - In My End Is My Beginning ▶ informationDirector MIN Kyu-dong | Starring UHM Jeong-hwa, HWANG Jung-min, KIM Hyo-jin | Genre Melodrama | Running Time 87 min | Rating 18+ | Release Date Apr 4 ▶ synopsis Jae-in, always in search...

“PARK Pulled Off Many Extraordinary Feats for Korean Film World”

Memorial Service for PARK Held A memorial service for director PARK Chul-soo who died on February 19th was held in Cinema Theque KOFA at the Korean Film Archive on March 14th. The service was held with a screening of the film A Journey with Korean Masters fo...

Veteran Filmmaker PARK Chul-soo Dies Aged 64

Director of 301,301 and GREEN CHAIR PARK Chul-soo, a trailblazing filmmaker whose experimental works have electrified Korea’s independent filmmaking scene for decades, passed away last night at the age of 64. Born in Daegu on November 20th, 1948, PARK enter...

BEHIND THE CAMERA Invited to Berlin's Panorama Section

E J-yong becomes one of the most invited Korean directors to Berlin Director E J-yong's Behind the Camera has officially been invited to the Panorama section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. It will be the 4th time for E to be invited to B...

Action Blockbuster, Lucky Comedy, Erotic Mystery

Survival Confront of Secret AgentsTHE BERLIN FILE informationDirector RYOO Seung-wan | Cast HA Jung-woo, HAN Suk-kyu, RYOO Seung-bum, JUN Ji-hyun | Genre Action | Running time (To be decided) | Rating PG 15 | Release Jan 31 synopsisThe city that has an enormou...