2018 JIFF X KoBiz Online Screening Service Opens

This year, the online screening service operated by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) will feature 51 movies from the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) on its official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). KoBiz Online Screening has been designed to prom...

OMOK GIRL Web-drama Begins Shooting

Production has begun on the web-drama Omok Girl. The series, which features the traditional Korean games Omok and Badook, centers around a character who was once a Badook child prodigy but now spends her days working a part-time job at a Badook gaming hall. Th...

WEEKENDS to Open 6th Toronto Korean Film Festival

The Toronto Korean Film Festival returns on July 12th for its 6th edition. The festival will open with the documentary WEEKENDS (2016) before closing with ZHANG Lu’s latest indie drama A Quiet Dream (2016) on July 16th. A total of eight features and eight shor...

Hawaii IFF to Open with THE LAST PRINCESS

The 36th Hawaii International Film Festival is set to open with The Last Princess, a hit Colonial Era drama that sees April Snow (2005) director HUR Jin-ho and actress SON Ye-jin reunite for the first time in 11 years. The film was a smash hit in Korea during ...

7-day Festival of Documentaries Closes its Curtain

The 4th DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) finished the 7 days of journey on September 4th. At the closing ceremony the director CHO Jae-hyeon said, “1 week has passed and the last moment has come. So many great films filled out lin...