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- 7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5
- The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering open-air screenings in a forest clearing of...
- by Fabien Schneider / Jan 15, 2019
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- THE BACCHUS LADY Picks up Prize from Asiatica Film Mediale
- E J-yong’s new film The Bacchus Lady, which debuted earlier this year in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, received a Special Mention for Best Feature Film from the 17th Asiatica Film Mediale in Italy. The festival took place over September 17th to October 2nd and award...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 10, 2016
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- ALIVE Takes Grand Prize at 3rd Wildflower Film Awards
- MADONNA, A CRYBABY BOXING CLUB Win Best Narrative, Documentary Director Prizes PARK Jung-bum’s austere drama Alive has triumphed at the Wildflower Film Awards Korea, where it picked up the Grand Prize at the event’s third edition, which took place on the slopes of Namsan in Central Seoul on Thursda...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 11, 2016
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- 3rd Wildflower Film Awards Unveil Nominees
- A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION, A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Lead the Pack The Wildflower Film Awards Korea return for their third edition next month and this week unveiled their 2016 nominees. In total, 22 films, including 15 fiction and 7 documentary works, are up for 11 awards in 10 categories. For this y...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 23, 2016
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- A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Scoops Best Korean Indie Prize
- The Association of Korean Independent Film & Video Reveals 2015 Winners On New Year’s Eve, the Association of Korean Independent Film & Video issued a press release revealing its award winners for 2015. Taking home the top prize for Best Independent Film was JANG Kun-jae’s A Midsummer’s Fan...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 12, 2016
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- Busan Critics Grand Prize for RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN
- YOO Hae-jin and KIM Min-hee Take Acting Honors Earlier this month, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then was awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Busan Film Critics Awards. KIM Min-hee, who featured in HONG’s film, took home the Best Actress Prize, while veteran actor YOO Hae-jin was given the Best ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 16, 2015
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- Best Film for A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA at Asiatica Film Mediale
- My Love, Don't Cross That River Also Awarded at Italian Film Festival JANG Kun-jae’s third feature A Midsummer’s Fantasia won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy. The critically-praised indie shared the top prize ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2015
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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
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- THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
- Hit Period Drama Takes Home 3 KAFC Prizes LEE Joon-ik’s hit period film The Throne , starring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in, came up tops at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC), where it picked up the Best Film prize, in addition to honors for Best Screenplay (CHO Chul-hyun, O Se...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 02, 2015
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- Triumph of Young and New Films
- Korean Indie Filmmakers Find Success at Film Fests 2015 was a fruitful year for Korean cinema for fledging talents. Up-and-coming feature directors - many of them are from the independent filmmaking scene - saw great leaps in their careers. Considering the market circumstance for indie films, thei...
- by Kobiz Reporter / Oct 12, 2015