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- Director RYOO Seung-wan Held 'Master Class' at Beijing Film Academy
- Blockbuster director RYOO Seung-wan held a Master Class at the Beijing Film Academy on December 1. Co-hosted by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and China’s Beijing Film Academy, the master class gave Chinese film students and filmmakers the opportunity to learn more about Korean culture and cinema. ...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Dec 04, 2017
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- 2015 KAFA+ Workshop Holds ‘Action Master Class with JUNG Doo-hong’
- An Action Film Workshop with the Korean Master JUNG Doo-hong A special opportunity has been made to aspiring filmmakers to learn how to direct and choreograph action films from Seoul Action Film’s master JUNG Doo-hong. Korean Film Council (Chairman KIM Sae-hoon)’s Korean Academy of Film Arts is abo...
- by LEE Yoo-jin / Mar 16, 2015
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- The First Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival Now Open
- The Berlin File as Opening Film The very first Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival will be held this year from October 2nd until the 8th. It’s the first time to screen Korean films in a multiplex in Latin America. There has been screenings of older Korean films before, but this will be an important e...
- by KIM June / Oct 06, 2014
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- Estonia and South Korea Sign Co-operation Memorandum
- A new memorandum of mutual understanding will be signed by Estonia and South Korea during the Industry Days market event held in conjunction with this year’s Black Nights International Film Festival in Tallinn (POFF). The agreement, which will be the first of its kind between South Korea and a natio...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 11, 2013
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- JUVENILE OFFENDER to Represent Korea at the Oscars
- KANG Yi-kwan’s Drama Beats Out 8 Other Competitors KANG Yi-kwan’s Juvenile Offender has been selected as the Korean film to be submitted to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in February of next year. Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced on August 29th that th...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Aug 31, 2013
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- Korean Films Dominate During 1st Quarter
- Local Box Office on Fire Heading Into Spring 2012 ended with a slew of new records for the Korean film industry but 2013 has gotten off to an even better start, hinting at even greater heights to be reached throughout the year. A varied mix at the marquees powered to industry to 55.6 million total ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 05, 2013