PARK Hong-min received his degree in broadcasting and correspondence at Hallym University and his masters in directing at Dong Ah Art University. He is currently majored in directing at Dongguk University masters program. His short film <Rock Scissor Paper> (2008) was in competitive section at Vgik Film Festival and <Generation 88> was in student competition at Munich International Film festival. <A Fish> is his feature debut. It bowed at the Busan Internati...More
PARK Hong-min received his degree in broadcasting and correspondence at Hallym University and his masters in directing at Dong Ah Art University. He is currently majored in directing at Dongguk University masters program. His short film <Rock Scissor Paper> (2008) was in competitive section at Vgik Film Festival and <Generation 88> was in student competition at Munich International Film festival. <A Fish> is his feature debut. It bowed at the Busan International Film Festival and received a Special Mention in the Dragons & Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival (2012). He returned to Busan in 2015 with the surreal drama-thriller <Alone>, which later screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.Less
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 was director YOON Ga-eun for her debut feature The World of Us. The Narrative Film Director Award went to KIM Soo-hyun for his Jeonju Cinema...
Later this month, the world’s longest running celebration of Korean film, the Florence Korea Film Fest, will return with a program boasting 44 feature-length and short Korean films. For its 15th edition, the festival will open on March 23rd with KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, which had its world premiere in neighboring Venice last fall and for which the director will be in attendance. One week...
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 program with Yourself and Yours, the auteur’s 20th feature which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and picked up the Best D...
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Korea’s representative film festival, opened its eleven-day events. BIFF features various programs to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. The programs include Asian Cinema 100 which discovers unknown Asian films and directors to shed light on their values and My French Cinema which introduces films recommended from prominent French directors, act...
This month’s <Korean Cinema Today> webzine is live with a lead story examining last year’s total box office results. Korean film industry expert Darcy PAQUET looks back on 2011’s hits and misses as well as South Korean movie-going trends. A second feature covers the multi-national production details of KANG Je-kyu’s roving World War II film<My Way>. Writer KANG Byeong-jin looks at th...