Top Prize at Women in Film Korea Goes to NA Moon-hee

Adding to her growing collection of trophies this awards season, actress NA Moon-hee has earned the top prize from this year’s Women in Film Korea Awards for her part in the drama I Can Speak. The event, which was hosted by Our Love Story star LEE Sang-hee (as...

A TAXI DRIVER Drives Off with 4 Blue Dragons

The 38th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on a rainy Saturday evening on November 25th in Seoul with a slew of stars and directors in attendance. This year’s chart-topping hit A Taxi Driver was triumphant during the show, as it picked up four...

A TAXI DRIVER Tops Buil Film Awards

The 26th Buil Film Awards, which are staged by the newspaper Busan Ilbo, took place in in Busan on October 13th this year. The Best Film prize this year went to JANG Hoon’s smash hit political drama A Taxi Driver. JANG’s film also picked up the Best Actor Priz...

THE WORLD OF US Triumphs at 4th Wildflower Film Awards

The 4th edition of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea took place on April 12th at the Literary House on the slopes of Namsan in the heart of Seoul. During a night that celebrated diversity within Korea’s thriving independent cinema scene, the Grand Prize winner ...

Five Korean Films Invited to Göteberg

The 40th edition of the Göteberg International Film Festival kicked off on January 27th and will run until February 6th. This year, five films from South Korea, including four features and one animated short, have been invited to screen at the Swedish event. K...

KIM Ki-duk’s THE NET to Open Tokyo Filmex 2016

Korean indie cinema will be alive and well at next month’s 2016 edition of the Tokyo Filmex. KIM Ki-duk’s THE NET has been invited to open the event while Our Love Story and The World of Us, which are both directed by women and mainly comprise casts of women, ...

Vancouver Makes Way for Korean Films

The Dragons & Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival returns in 2016 under the new name Gateway with 25 features, including a quintet of works from South Korean filmmakers. Frequent VIFF invitee HONG Sang-soo once again appears on the ...

Korean Lesbian Drama Invited to San Sebastian

OUR LOVE STORY to Screen in Spain Our Love Story, the Grand Prize winner in the Korean competition of this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), will have its international premier as part of the New Directors section at the 64th San Sebastian Int...

SAND STORM, OUR LOVE STORY and DELTA BOYS Take Jeonju Grand Prizes

17th Jeonju International Film Festival Winds to a Close On May 5th, the Jeonju International Film Festival handed out the awards for its 17th edition. Taking the Grand Prize in the International Competition was Elite ZEXER’s Sand Storm from Israel, while LEE...

Korean Competition Announced for 17th JIFF

Jeonju Loads New Local Titles for 2016 Edition The Jeonju International Film Festival has revealed the ten finalists for its Korean Competition at next month’s 17th edition. Competing films, all from first-time or sophomore filmmakers, were whittled down from...