The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was announced that UM Tae-hwa’s fantasy dramaVANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNEDwon the festival’s Audience Award. VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RET...

Brazilian film Rifle from director Davi Pretto was crowned the Grand Prize winner in the International Competition of this year’s 18th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) on May 3rd. Topping the Korean Competition was LIM Tea-gue’s The Seeds of Violence, while BAE Kyung-heon’s Alone Together took the Grand Prize in the Korean Competition for Shorts. Beyond Rifle, which deals w...

This year the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) will return for its 18th edition on April 27th and run through to May 6th. The full program will be unveiled later this month and will include some 211 titles from 45 countries, split in to the International and Korean competitions, as well as several sidebars. The motto for this year’s edition will be ‘an outlet of expression in film’ and th...

Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), one of the best film educational institutions in Korea, held its graduation film festival in January. Titled KAFA 33, it premiered short films and animated short films produced by 33rd graduates of KAFA over the past year. Meanwhile, KAFA has had more than 600 graduates in various fields including directing, filming, producing and animation since it was founded ...