Yoon Daewon Film Invited to CannesThe Korean short film Cicada, from student filmmaker Yoon Daewon, has been invited to the Cinéfondation section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The short joins two other Korean features already invited to the prestigious film event, Hong Sangsoo’s In Front of Your Face and Han Jaerim’s Emergency Declaration.The 17-minute short film, which was selected from am...

The Korean short film Twenty from student director KIM Min-ju has been selected as part of the Cinéfondation lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of 17 student shorts invited to the competition this year and was chosen among 1952 entries. KIM’s 22-minute film follows a girl on the eve of her 20th birthday and what happens to her when she is brought to a cheap motel by friend...

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 ...

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 ...