The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has partnered with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC - Chairman, OH Seok Geun) to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Korean films this year with a special "Centenary of Korean Cinema" program, which will include ten classic and contemporary Korean titles. In addition, various masterclasses, introductions and post-screening talks will b...

Mate, one of last year’s graduate film projects from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), will be released theatrically on January 17. The second directorial outing of JUNG Dae-gun initially premiered in competition at the Jeonju International Film Festival in spring last year. The film follows the story of Jun-ho, a freelance photographer and Eun-ji, who works at magazine publishing house. The...

Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Korea, such as BIFF, the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), as well as works fro...

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 ...