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...

One of the top destinations in the world for Korean films, the Hawaii International Film Festival returns this month and includes a 14-strong delegation from the Far Eastern filmmaking powerhouse. The 37th HIFF kicked off on November 2nd. The bulk of this year’s Korean selection will be featured in the ‘Spotlight on Korea’ program. The nine titles in the section are JANG Hun’s blockbuster Gwangju ...

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...

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 ...