This year’s 36th Fribourg International Film Festival is set to host seven films from South Korea, including two world premieres in its international competition and an action blockbuster in its opening gala slot.Yoon Jongseok’s mystery-thriller Confession with So Jisub and Kim Yunjin and Choi Kookhee’s musical Life Is Beautiful with Yum Jungah and Ryu Seungryong are both set to have their first-e...

BIFF Announces New Currents and Vision ProgramsAhead of its official unveiling later this month, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has started revealing several sections of its upcoming 26th edition, such as the New Currents and Korean Cinema Today-Vision programs, as well as this year’s opening film. Kicking off the festival on October 6 will be the world premiere of Im Sangsoo’s Heave...

Midnight Screenings for THE ODD FAMILY and NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD in SwitzerlandKorean cinema returns to the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), which will stage its 35th edition this summer from July 16 to 25. A total of five Korean features have been invited to the program, among them two sets to vie to the Regard d’Or, the top prize in the main competition.FIFF’s international competition...

The cold frozen winter has passed and the warm spring has finally come. After a long awaited revamp, KoBiz Online Screening has finished its changeover and was reborn with colors that reflect the season of spring in warm orange and calm blue. During the website’s renovation, KoBiz took special care in making pathways more user-friendly and providing an effective and faster way to help members comm...

Socialphobia which was released on March 12th is gaining much attention as the second Han Gong-ju. Within three days of its release, the film had accrued 111,829 audiences on March 14th, making a record as the fastest independent film to go past the 100,000 mark. On March 23rd, the film recorded 240,142 in ticket sales, showing a better performance than My Love, Don’t Cross that River. It already ...

SOCIALPHOBIA and WHIPLASH Also Finds Room at Regular Box Office A domestic indie film is putting up a good fight in midst of new releases. Socialphobia has brought in 78,351 audiences over the week and is standing at 230 thousand in ticket sales. Within the first two weeks of its release, it had already bypassed the best performing alternative film from last year, Han Gong-ju, which recorded 220 ...

The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they failed to do so overseas. Interstellar and Begin Again ’s box office performances in Korea were exceptional in comparison to their boxoffice s...