Actors Byun Yohan & Lee Sanghee, Appointed as the Jurors of ‘ACTORS PROJECT’ at the 2022 Seoul Independent Film Festival

The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 announced the jury members of the finals along with 24 finalists for the 5th ‘ACTORS PROJECT - 60-seconds Monologue Festival.’ACTORS PROJECT, which began in 2018 with the suggestion of Actor Kwon Haehyo, was desi...

JOSEE and VOICE OF SILENCE to Compete at Fribourg International Film Festival

Midnight Screenings for THE ODD FAMILY and NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD in SwitzerlandKorean cinema returns to the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), which will stage its 35th edition this summer from July 16 to 25. A total of five Korean features have been i...

ASHFALL to Open 22th Far East Film Festival

The Korean disaster action blockbuster ASHFALL will serve as the opening film of this year’s online-only edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, leading a program of 46 titles from around Asia. FEFF was originally scheduled to take place ...

8th Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt Screens 15 Features

The Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt kicked off its 8th edition in Germany this month with a screening of BONG Joon-ho’s hit new film PARASITE, which served as the event’s opening film. The festival also screened two otherBONG Joon-hoclassics over the weekend...

BFI London Film Festival Picks 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Notably, among the quintet, four of the titles are from women directors. The full lineup includes House of Hummingbird, Maggie, The House of Us, Heart and The Dude in Me. On...

f(x)’s Krystal to Make Korean Feature Debut in New Indie Drama

JUNG Soo-jung (aka Krystal JUNG), a member of the world-famous K-pop outfit f(x), has signed on to appear in the indie drama Shouts of a Father (translated title). The film will mark the feature debut of director CHOI Ha-na. JUNG is slated to appear as To-il, ...

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Picks Up Grand Prix for Best Film from the International Jury in Berlin

KIM Bora’s debut film House of Hummingbird has been awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film from the International Jury in the Generation 14plus section at this year’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The film initially premiered in the New Currents compe...

BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE Enters Production

Acclaimed Korean filmmaker BONG Joon-ho recently began production on his seventh feature film Parasite, which will be his first fully Korean-set film in a decade. Led by local star SONG Kang-ho, the CJ Entertainment-produced drama kicked off production in mid-...

BAMSEOM PIRATES Wins Wildflower Grand Prize

JUNG Yoon-suk’s sophomore documentary Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (2017) became the first ever documentary film to pick up the Grand Prize at the Wildflower Film Awards, which held their fifth edition on Thursday, April 12. A documentary following a punk ban...

Clermont-Ferrand Welcomes 3 Korean Shorts to Competition

The 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which will take place over February 2-10, will welcome three Korean short films to its international competition this year, OH Seo-ro's animation (OO)(2017) and the fiction shorts Home without Me...