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, ...

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...

BONG Joon-ho’s upcoming movie PARASITE Confirms Cast

Director BONG Joon-ho’s upcoming film Parasite (translated title) has locked down its main cast. “No parasites appear in this movie. It’ll be neither a horror nor Sci-fi. It’ll be a family drama which revolves around various characters and strange kinds of fam...

THE FORTRESS Tops Korean Film Producers Association Awards

The Korean Film Producers Association (KFPA) handed their top prize this year to the period siege drama The Fortress, from director HWANG Dong-hyuk. HWANG’s film also took the prizes for Best Editing (NAM Na-young) and Best Sound for CHOI Tae-young, who previo...

THE WORLD OF US Opens 8th Korean Film Festival in Australia

The Korean Film Festival in Australia returns later this month bigger than ever before. The 8th edition of KOFFIA is set to screen 36 films across 8 cities as the festival moves around Australia, beginning in Sydney on August 17th and winding up in Darwin and ...

SPOOR to Open 19th SEOUL International Womens’ Film Festival

The SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) returns for its 19th edition for a 7-day run on June 1st in the Sinchon Megabox. 106 films hailing from 37 nations will be screened. This year’s event will kick off with a screening of the Polish film Spoor...

Jeonju Project Market Operates MiddleEarth Lab

Jeonju Project Market (JPM) sponsored by Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) is operating the MiddleEarth Lab, a research center to plan and develop of small and medium projects under USD 3.5 million production cost. MiddleEarth Lab will generate various...

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 ...