HAEMOO to Represent Korea at Academy Awards

BONG Joon-ho Produced Maritime Thriller The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has selected SHIM Sung-bo’s debut maritime thriller Haemoo as its pick for the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year’s Academy Awards. Executive produced and co-written by Bong ...

9 Korean Films Compete Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award

KOFIC Announced 9 Titles Including the Sundance Winner JISEUL Nine Korean films including the Sundance winner Jiseul,National Security andJuvenile Offenderwill compete for the entry for the Academy Award forBest Foreign Language Film scheduled to be held next...

Florence Hosts 52 Films for Its 11th Korean Film Festival

Guests Included JEON Do-yeon and IM Sang-soo For the 11th time, the city of Florence in Italy set the stage for a massive celebration of Korean cinema. The 11th Festival of Korean Cinema in Italy, also known as the Florence Korean Film Fest, took place fro...

KOFIC's Korean Film Night in Berlin a Success

Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman KIM Eui-suk) held the ‘Korean Film Night’ reception at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 11st (local time). 10 Korean films which were invited to the festival were introduced at the reception and att...

Korean Film Knocks on the Door of the Middle East

KOFIC installs Korean Pavilion at the film market of the Dubai International Film Festival The Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Eui-suk) embarks on the promotion of Korean film in the Middle Eastern market. KOFIC will install Korean Pavilion for pub...

“A year that Korean film received new and bright light”

Korean Film Night takes place with success         The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and the Korea Film Reporters Association (KOFRA) co-hosted ‘Korean Film Night’ at 9 pm on October 7th. For the party that took place at Paradise Hotel at Hae...

KOFIC invites Venice to "see the power of Korean film!"

Korean Film Council holds ‘Korean Film Night’ at the 69th Venice Film Festival Korean Film Council(KOFIC) is going to hold ‘Korean Film Night’ at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The purpose of the event is to cheer for KIM Ki-duk the director Pi...