Ryoo Seung-wan's SMUGGLERS invited to Locarno Film Festival

Director Ryoo Seung-wan's new crime action thriller Smugglers has been invited to the 76th Locarno Film Festival set to open in Switzerland next month, the festival's homepage showed Thursday.Smugglers was included in the main Piazza Grande lineup for ...

7 Korean Films, Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival

The Novelist's Film(2021)Seven Korean films are heading for Berlin. The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the lineup of invited films on January 19 (local time). According to the news, Director Hong Sangsoo's new film <The Novelist...

YIM Soon-rye and HONG Kyeong-pyo Join Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has swelled its ranks by adding 842 new members this year. Among the new roster of film industry professionals, who are now eligible to vote in the Academy Awards, are nine people from the Korean film i...

Korean Short Animations Screened in KOC! ANI

Korean short animated films were screened in a theater. Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) held the ‘KOC! ANI’ for three days from April 21st to 23rd at CGV Cine Library in Myeongdong. The event introduced 19 Korean short animations which were supported by ...

Animafest Zagreb Gifts Special Award to DEER FLOWER

KIM Kang-min Honored in Croatia KIM Kang-min’s short animation title Deer Flower picked up a special award at the 26th edition of the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb, which ran over June 6-11. This year’s Grand Prize in Zagreb went to Phil ...

SICAF Comes to Life

Animation Festival Opens 18th Edition The Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Film Festival (SICAF) kicked off yesterday for its 18th edition. With an opening ceremony taking place at lunchtime in the capital’s Seoul Animation Center, the doors were o...

LOVE GAMES grabs the Grand Prize in Zagreb

Filmmaker JOUNG Yu-mi became the first Korean filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the 24th World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb which closed on June 7th. The World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb is the second oldest animated film festival and one of ...

LOVE GAMES to Play in Chicago Intl. Film Festival

Korean Short Takes Trip over the Pacific     JOUNG Yu-mi’s artistic animated short Love Games has been invited to screen in the 49th Chicago International Film Festival, which will run from October 10th to 24th. The film has been programmed among the...

Berlin Invites Short Films LOVE GAMES and CHEONG

Each will be presented in the Short Film section and the Generation section Short films Love Games and Cheong had been invited to the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The festival announced additional films invited to the ‘Generation’ section and ‘Sh...

Hong Sang-soo’s next film to star French actress Isabelle Huppert

Korean auteur director Hong Sang-soo’s upcoming film will feature the award-winning French actress Isabelle Huppert. Currently in production, the film has yet to be titled or to have a detailed story announced. The prolific director has started shooting up to ...