SON Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me (2016), a feature length production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) has earned the Jury Guimet Prize from the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The event ended its 23rd edition on Valentine’s Day this year in France. Baby Beside Me, which was the sole Korean film screened in Vesoul’s Competition section this year, debuted at the ...

M-Line Distribution is having a busy European Film Market, with several reported sales for its titles coming out of Berlin. Director E.oni’s kidnap thriller MISSING, starring KONG Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush, 2008) and UHM JI-won (The Silenced, 2015), was snatched up by Klockworx for Japan, MATV for several Asian markets, including Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepa...

Rather than program a recent hit, the Toronto Korean Film Festival (TKFF) kicks off its third edition today (May 27th) with a screening of YU Hyun-mok’s classic noir The Aimless Bullet (1961). Over the coming days, the festival will showcase a variety of features, documentaries and shorts. Besides YU’s Korean classic, this year’s TKFF will also screen features such as the recent JUNG Jae-young re...

KAFA FILMS 2017, a special program showcasing feature films from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), is taking place at CGV Apgujeong, CGV Myeongdong and Indieplus in the Busan Cinema Center until November 22nd. Under the slogan ‘Feature Debut Show of Promising Filmmakers’, KAFA FILMS 2017 will screen SONG Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me and YOO Ji-young’s comedy drama Duck Town from the ...