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...

The Korean Film Council Hosted ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ at Endemic Film Festival Successfully

At 8 p.m. on April 29, the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival Center was filled with more than 200 cineastes who visited the ‘K-Movie Night JEONJU 2022’ hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairperson Park Kiyong). The event was designed to form a close network b...

Global Cineastes, Appointed Juries for the 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival

The 23rd Jeonju IFF appointed 14 jury members for the NETPAC Award and the competition sections, consisting of leading domestic and foreign cineastes, including directors, actors, and programmers of various nationalities.First, the judges of the International ...

Aloners, the Grand Prize Winner at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival

Award-winning news of the film <Aloners> at film festivals continues. Director Hong Sungeun's <Aloners> won the Grand Prize (the Best Picture) at the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival, which closed on March 20, 2022.The film <Aloners>, depic...

ALONERS and THE GIRL ON A BULLDOZER to Compete as Osaka Asian Film Festival

The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021)Nine Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s 17th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Two of them, Hong Sungeun’s Aloners (2021) and Park Riwoong’s The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021), will take part in the event’...

ALONERS Competing for Cyclo d’Or at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema

Hong Sungeun’s debut film Aloners is competing for the Cyclo d’Or at this year’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in their Narrative Competition. It is the first Korean film to be invited to Vesoul’s main competition since Sub-zero Wind (2018...

ALONERS Invited to Göteborg Film Festival

Hong Sungeun’s acclaimed debut film Aloners (2021) has been invited to the upcoming 45th Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. Also on the program is the Thailand-Singapore-South Korea co-produced short film New Abnormal.Aloners, a project from the graduate featur...

Gong Seungyeon Picks Up Best Actress Award in Torino

Aloners (2021)Gong Seungyeon has earned the Best Actress Award at this year’s Torino International Film Festival for her leading role in Hong Sungeun’s indie film Aloners.Gong, who has been active in small roles since 2012, has seen her star rise in recent yea...

ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Tops Blue Dragon Film Awards with 6 Wins

Ryoo Seungwan’s action-drama Escape from Mogadishu came away as the big winner of this year’s 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards. The box office hit picked up six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Ryoo.It was Ryoo’s third Best Director win at the awa...

BOOK OF FISH and MOGADISHU Win 4 Prizes Each at Korean Film Critics Awards

Ryoo Seungwan Picks Up Best Director, Lee Joonik’s Film Takes Best FilmLee Joonik’s The Book of Fish and Ryoo Seungwan’s Escape from Mogadishu triumphed at the 41st Korean Film Critics Association Awards, with each picking up four prizes. Lee’s film won the Be...