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- CLAIRE’S CAMERA and THE FIRST LAP Invited to Singapore
- This year’s 28th Singapore International Film Festival features three Korean films in its lineup. Two new titles, Hong Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera and KIM Dae-hwan’s The First Lapscreens in the ‘Asian Vision’ section while HAN Hyeong-mo’s The Hand of Destiny (1954) is part of a classic retrospective s...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2017
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- Christoph Terhechte, head of Berlinale’s Forum Section, Receives Korean Cinema Award
- The 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced the recipient of its Korean Cinema Award. “BIFF has selected Christoph Terhechte, the head of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section, as the recipient of this year’s Korean Cinema Award” the festival released in a statement ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Sep 06, 2017
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- THE FIRST LAP Earns Best Emerging Director Prize in Locarno
- KIM Dae-hwan’s second feature The First Lap has won the Best Emerging Director prize from the Filmmakers of the Present Competition at the recently concluded 70th edition of the Locarno Inter-national Film Festival in Switzerland. The film also received a Special Mention in the Junior Jury Awards. T...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 18, 2017
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- LIM Soo-jung Wraps YOUR REQUEST
- Actress LIM Soo-jung wrapped production on Your Request (translated title) on July 27th in Cheongju. From director LEE Dong-eun, the drama co-stars YOON Chan-young and LEE Sang-hee and is produced by Myung Films. LIM plays a widow in the film who tries to continue her life as she lives with the 16-y...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 14, 2017
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- Locarno Takes a Run at THE FIRST LAP
- Director KIM Dae-hwan’s sophomore film The First Lap has been invited to screen in the ‘Concorso Cineasti del Presente' (Filmmakers of the Present) Competition at next month’s 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. It is the only Korean film that has been invited to Locarno thi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 21, 2017
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- THE WORLD OF US Triumphs at 4th Wildflower Film Awards
- The 4th edition of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea took place on April 12th at the Literary House on the slopes of Namsan in the heart of Seoul. During a night that celebrated diversity within Korea’s thriving independent cinema scene, the Grand Prize winner was director YOON Ga-eun for her debut f...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 13, 2017
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- Golden Bear Winner to Open 18th Jeonju Film Festival
- The Jeonju International Film Festival recently held its press conference to announce the lineup of its 18th edition, which will take place from April 27th to May 6th. The arthouse and independent cinema focused festival will open this year with On Body and Soul, this year’s Golden Bear winner from ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 31, 2017
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- AUTUMN, AUTUMN Selected for Berlinale Forum
- JANG Woo-jin’s second feature film Autumn, Autumn, has been selected for the Forum section of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The film joins HONG Sang-soo’s On the Beach Alone at Night and the documentary Becoming Who I Was in the lineup of the 67th Berlinale. One of the new Korean i...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 23, 2017
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- Jeonju Cinema Project 2017 Participants Announced
- The Jeonju International Film Festival’s annual Jeonju Cinema Project has announced its 2017 participants. Unlike previous years, all three of next year’s directors hail from Korea. The 2017 JCP films will be made by LEE Chang-jae, KIM Yang-hee and KIM Dae-hwan. Director LEE Chang-jae, known for his...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 02, 2017
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- The Warsaw Korean Film Festival 2015 Began on November 30th
- Seven Latest Korean Films Introduced Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is featuring Korean films. Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is holding The Warsaw Korean Film Festival 2015 from November 30th to December 4th. Seven local films from blockbusters like Snowpiercer (2013) and Ode to My Father (2014) to i...
- by HA Jung-min / Dec 01, 2015