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 ...

Florence Korean Film Fest Pulls Out All the Stops for 15th Edition

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...

Vancouver Makes Way for Korean Films

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 ...

Sydney Stages ‘Off-Mainstream’ Contemporary Korean Cinema Spotlight

Tony Rayns Curates ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ Program For its 63rd edition, which kicked on June 8th, the Sydney International Film Festival is staging a ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ program, curated b...

M-Line Launches DONGJU, SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING at EFM

THE BACCHUS LADY Premieres in Panorama Section With a mix of festival titles, Korean Academy of Film Arts productions and genres spanning period drama, animation and more, M-Line Distribution has brought a comprehensive lineup of Korean cinema to the European...

Five Korean Indies to Screen in Rotterdam

IFFR Takes Busan Trio and latest from HONG sang-soo, Jogko ANWAR Five independent Korean films, three of which had their world premieres at the 20th Busan International Film Festival last October (though all five screened there), are set to have bows as part ...

Seoul Independent Film Festival 2015 Announced Its Lineup of 102 Movies

SIFF Will Screen Nine Features and Three Shorts for the First Time in Korea The 41st Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) for nine days from November 26th announced its lineup except International Invitation programs. SIFF 2015 announced 21 films in New Ch...

BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2015 Announced 24 Projects Selection

ACF SupportsProspective Asian Filmmakers in Cash Grants and Production Services BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) announced its 24 selections for 2015. ACF has recruited projects over the past three months in three categories: Script Development Fund, Post-Produc...

Korean Films Introduced in Canada

16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Kicks off On November 7th, the 16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (TRAIFF) held a press conference at the Marriott hotel to showcase three Korean feature films in their program. Co-hosted b...

Korean Short Animation Feted by Warsaw Film Fest

NOODLE FISH Wins Warsaw Film Festival Animation Award KIM Jin-man’s short animation Noodle Fish won the Best Animated Short award at the 28th Warsaw Film Festival. This 10-minute-long animation made using noodles that talks about fish received the Best Ani...