KKUM and POISON Selected for SXSW 2021

A pair of Korean short films have been invited to screen at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. Acclaimed filmmaker KIM Kang-min’s new animation KKUM (2020) will feature in the Animated Shorts Competition while the VR film Poison, by directors...

Korean Shorts Invited to Sundance Film Festival 2021

KKUM and AVA FROM MY CLASS to Screen in Park City The yearly film festival calendar will be kicking off once more with the Sundance Film Festival and while this virtual edition is bound to be a very different kind of event in the midst of the global pandemic,...

A DISTANT PLACE and BLACK LIGHT to Compete in Tallin

Two Korean features and a pair of shorts have been invited to screen at the 24th edition of the prestigious Black Nights Tallinn International Film Festival (POFF). PARK Kun-young’s A Distant Place and BAE Jong-dae’s Black Light will compete in separate sectio...

KKUM Picks Up Nelvana Grand Prize at Ottawa International Animation Festival

Animation filmmaker KIM Kang-min has earned the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) with his short film KKUM. He is the first Korean filmmaker to take the top prize at OIAF, which is considered one of...

Fantasia Announces Final Wave, Confirming 15 Korean Titles

Last week, the Fantasia International Film Festival revealed its third and final wave of programming for this year’s 24th edition, which will take place exclusively online from August 20 to September 2. The Korean thriller Bring Me Home (2019) has been added t...

KIM Kang-min Returns to Sundance with JEOM

3rd Park City Invite for Animated Short Director Director KIM Kang-min will return to Park City this month after scoring his third Sundance Film Festival invite for his latest animated short film Jeom. The US-Korea co-production is the only Korean film invited...

Korean Short Animations Screened in KOC! ANI

Korean short animated films were screened in a theater. Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) held the ‘KOC! ANI’ for three days from April 21st to 23rd at CGV Cine Library in Myeongdong. The event introduced 19 Korean short animations which were supported by ...

MY FATHER’S ROOM Wins Best Student Short Film Prize at Festival Anima

JANG Na-ri Animation Awarded in Brussels Director JANG Na-ri was triumphant at the 36th Festival Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, where her film My Father’s Room earned her the Best Student Short Film Prize. The main prize at Anima this year went t...

DEER FLOWER Scores Annie Awards Nomination

The Korean animated short film Deer Flower by KIM Kang-min has been nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject prize at the upcoming 44th edition of the Annual Annie Awards. Presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association,...

Busan International Short Film Festival Open for Submissions

Next year’s 34th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF), which will kick off on April 25th, is now open for entries. Organizers of the BISFF announced that they will be accepting entries until January 10th of next year for their Interna...