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...

Hong Sangsoo Returns, Han Jaerim to Debut on the CroisetteFor the fourth year on the trot, a pair of Korean features have been selected as part of the main slate of the Cannes Film Festival. This year’s 74th edition of the renowned festival will welcome both Hong Sangsoo’s In Front of Your Face and Han Jaerim’s disaster film Emergency Declaration.In Front of Your Face, which will take part in the ...

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in the American indie film Minari, from Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac CHUNG. Just like her character Soon-ja...