THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Wins Best Cinematography at BAFTA TV Craft Awards

Veteran cinematographer KIM Wu-hyeong was awarded the Best Cinematography Prize from the BAFTA TV Craft Awards for his work on PARK Chan-wook’s The Little Drummer Girl mini-series for the BBC. Director PARK’s TV debut, the six-part series The Little Drummer Gi...

THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

Hit Period Drama Takes Home 3 KAFC Prizes LEE Joon-ik’s hit period film The Throne , starring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in, came up tops at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC), where it picked up the Best Film prize, in addition to honors ...

Four Korean nominations at the Asian Film Awards

The 6th Asian Film Awards has announced nominations in 14 categories including one for PARK Hae-il, the star of period action thriller <War of the Arrows>, and three nominations for South Korea’s Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film submission <...

Hong Sang-soo tops Cine21’s picks of the year

South Korea’s leading film and entertainment magazine Cine21 has picked HONG Sang-soo’s<The Day He Arrives> as the Best Film of 2011. In their annual survey, the magazine with its 33 journalists and critics also picked Hong as the Best Director of the Y...

The Unjust takes top prize at Blue Dragon Awards

RYOO Seung-wan’s crime thriller <The Unjust> snapped up three top prizes at the 32nd Blue Dragon Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Box office hit <War of the Arrows> picked up five awards, including Best Actor for PA...