- Korean Film News
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- The Year-end Independent Film Festival, the Seoul Independent Film Festival 2022 Kicked Off Successfully
- The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 kicked off at CGV Art House Apgujeong in Seoul on the 1st of November (Thursday). The opening ceremony, hosted by Actor Kwon Haehyo, who has been with SIFF for 22 years, opened with a trailer based on the slogan ‘The Art of Love,’ which means the symbo...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 05, 2022
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- Actors Byun Yohan & Lee Sanghee, Appointed as the Jurors of ‘ACTORS PROJECT’ at the 2022 Seoul Independent Film Festival
- The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 announced the jury members of the finals along with 24 finalists for the 5th ‘ACTORS PROJECT - 60-seconds Monologue Festival.’ACTORS PROJECT, which began in 2018 with the suggestion of Actor Kwon Haehyo, was designed to discover new actors in the indep...
- by Park Hyejin / Oct 31, 2022
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- Fanatic, Officially Invited to the 7th London East Asia Film Festival Documentary Section
- Director Oh Seyeon's debut film, Fanatic, which attracted attention at the 26th Busan International Film Festival and other Korean film festivals, has officially been invited to the 7th London East Asia Film Festival Documentary Section. It is the second time that Fanatic has been invited to ove...
- by Park Hyejin / Sep 13, 2022
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- MIRACLE Invited to 38th Fajr International Film Festival
- New MIN Byung-hun Film Was Opening Film at Seoul Independent Film FestivalMiracle (2020), the opening film from last December’s Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) has been selected to screen in the International competition section of the 38th Fajr International Film Festival in Iran, which open...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2021
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- Hong Kong Arts Centre to Stage Korean Women Independent Film Series
- The Hong Kong Arts Centre is set to present a series of screenings of independent films by Korean women, starting next month in Hong Kong. Co-presented by the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival, ‘Women Direct. Korean Indies!’ will feature 13 Korean fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 30, 2020
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- Online Korean Indie Festival to Commemorate 30 Years of Russia-Korea Relations
- As part of the celebrations commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation, the Korean Cultural Center in Russia (presided by WEE Myung-jae) and the Russian branch of Korea Tourism Organization (headed by KIM K...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 13, 2020
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- LEE Joo-young to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF
- Actress LEE Joo-young will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which kicked off on August 28. LEE initially made her screen debut in 2012, in the short film Encounter, but it was in 2016 that she first came to broader atte...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 07, 2020
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- JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku Hold Hands for WOO-RI, JA-YOUNG
- Rising stars JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku will be teaming up for the romantic comedy Woo-ri, Ja-young (working title), which will mark the commercial filmmaking debut of acclaimed indie filmmaker JEONG Ga-young. Ja-young (JUN Jong-seo) is a 29-year-old woman who is deep in debt. After her one-month b...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 03, 2020
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Takes Home 3 Prizes from Tribeca Film Festival
- KIM Bora’s critically acclaimed debut film House of Hummingbird (2018) has continued its impressive festival run after winning three awards at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Cinematography in the International Narrative Competition. Best Act...
- by Pierce Conran / May 09, 2019
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- MAGGIE Picks Up Grand Prix at Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Director YI Ok-seop’s debut film Maggie (2018) has picked up the Grand Prix at this year’s 13th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF). The film debuted in the Korean Cinema Today section of last October’s Busan International Film Festival and stars rising indie star LEE Joo-young and veter...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 25, 2019