Sewing Sisters, the Grand Prize Winner of the 9th Wild Flower Film Awards Documentary

Wild Flower Film Awards, the representative award ceremony of the Korean independent film industry, was held on May 27 (Fri) at Namsan Literature House in Seoul. Marking its 9th anniversary this year, Wild Flower Film Awards is designed to re-examine and promo...

AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept...

PARASITE Receives Historic 6 Nominations from Academy Awards

Several historic firsts for Korean cinema were recorded early in the morning of Monday, January 13 in Los Angeles, as two Korean films landed the first ever Academy Awards nominations for the country to the upcoming 92nd edition of the ceremony. BONG Joon-ho’s...

WINTER’S NIGHT Leads Korean Selection at Black Nights Film Festival

The 22nd edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (POFF) kicked off in Estonia on November 16 and features five films from South Korea this year. Among those are JANG Woo-jin’s Winter’s Night in Official Selection and LEE Chang-dong’s well-traveled Bu...

MISS BAEK to Compete at Tokyo IFF

Two Korean films will screen at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. LEE Ji-won’s new indie drama Miss Baek will compete in the ‘Asian Future’ section, while YI Seung-jun’s latest documentary Crossing Beyond will be featured in the ‘Special Program’....

AREUM and SINGING WITH ANGRY BIRD Invited to IDFA

A pair of new Korean non-fiction works have been invited to screen at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the most prestigious non-fiction film event in the world. Screening in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance will be PARKKAN...

Docs Port Incheon 2015 Unveils 39 Projects

Korea’s only specialized documentary project market, Docs Port Incheon announced the 39 finals for all sections. 50 projects applied for 34 "K-pitch", section for Korean documentary projects aiming at theatrical release and TV broadcasting. Among the...

Hot Docs Picks MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER

Documentary Festival Invites Elderly Love Story North America’s largest documentary film festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival is coming around the corner. Founded in 1993, the festival has shown over 180 documentaries every year, selected f...

Korean Films on Show as IDFA Kicks Off on the 19th

A Deeper Look at IDFA’s Korean Films and Filmmakers The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which is the largest documentary film festival in the world, will open its 27th festival on November 19th. Let’s take a look at the three Korean ...

Possibilities of Asian Documentaries

Proved at the Docs Port Incheon 2014 Current Status of Korean Documentaries Receiving Global AttentionThere is something unusual about Korean documentaries. So far, documentaries have been unnoticed even at film festivals just because they are not profitable,...