1st Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival to Take Place Next August

The Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival (PIPFF), a new event that has been set up to promote inter-Korean relations on the peninsula through film, will stage its first edition in the cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung, Gangwon Province, in August of...

LEE Myung-se Appointed as Executive Chairman of Green Film Festival in Seoul

LEE Myung-se has been appointed as the new Festival Chairman of the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFISS) ahead of its 15th edition. This year’s GFFIS will take place from May 17 to 23. The appointment makes LEE the first filmmaker to lead the festival since it...

PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young Switch for THE MAN INSIDE ME

PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young will swap roles in next year’s body swap comedy The Man Inside Me. From director KANG Hyo-jin, the film also features LA Mi-ran and LEE So-min in her film debut. In a plot reminiscent of last year’s smash hit Luck-Key, a teenage b...

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...

Gangwon Film Commission Launches

Gangwon Film Commission (GFC) was launched at the Benikea Hotel Chuncheon Bears on March 16th. PANG Eun-jin has been appointed to the first president of GFC, who won the Best Actress Award at the Blue Dragon Awards and has vitally directed films like Way Back ...

Best Supporting Actor Award for LEE Hyun-woo in Houston

NORTHERN LIMIT LINE Screens at 49th WorldFest Last month, at the 49th edition of the WorldFest Houston Annual International Independent Film Festival, actor LEE Hyun-woo was awarded the Best Supporting Actor prize for his role in naval skirmish drama Northern...

Korea's New Film Commission Launches in Chungnam

Eleventh regional film commission to be in action in Korea Aiming to promote the film and drama shootings in southern Chungnam province, Chungnam Film Commission was newly launched on 27 July. The launching ceremony was held with actor AHN Sung-ki (Unbowed), f...

WAY BACK HOME, BROKEN and THREAD OF LIES Invited to Hanoi International Film Festival

Korean Films at Vietnamese Biannual Event Way Back Home and Broken were invited to the 3rd Hanoi International Film Festival, which close curtains on November 27th. Way Back Home was a part of the competition section while Broken was in the World Cinema progra...

Cannes Competition Jury to Feature JEON Do-yeon

Following the revelations of its main program and sidebars, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the full jury for its upcoming 67th edition. Joining the previously announced jury president Jane Campion will be a coterie of world cinema figures including Kor...

Hawaii Springs for 8 Korean Films

HIFF Spring Showcase Boasts Wide PalateEvery year, in between its normal annual editions, the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) stages a Spring Showcase. Going into its 15th year, the HIFF Spring Showcase has invited eight Korean films out of a total 3...