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- BAMSEOM PIRATES Wins Wildflower Grand Prize
- JUNG Yoon-suk’s sophomore documentary Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (2017) became the first ever documentary film to pick up the Grand Prize at the Wildflower Film Awards, which held their fifth edition on Thursday, April 12. A documentary following a punk band and their experiences with government ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 24, 2018
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- Wildflower Film Awards Announces Nominations for 5th Anniversary
- The Wildflower Film Awards Korea will return for their 5th edition on April 12. Ahead of the ceremony the organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s awards, which include a new category for Best Music. The Wildflower Awards, founded by Korean film critic Darcy Paquet and co-organized by ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 09, 2018
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- Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Quintet
- The Göteborg Film Festival will return on January 26 for its 41st edition, which will feature five films from Korea. Two among those, JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat(2017) and the documentary Letters (2017) by Marte Vold and Jero YUN, will screen in the Ingmar Bergman Competition (for international debu...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 15, 2018
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- BFI London Takes 4 from Korea
- A quartet of Korean films will screen at next month’s BFI London Film Festival. Hong Sangsoo returns with On the Beach at Night Alone, one of his three titles this year, while Korea will also be represented by the Korean thriller MEMOIR OF A MURDERER and two documentaries, Bamseom Pirates Seoul Infe...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 07, 2017
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- Muju Film Festival Raises Curtain on 5th Edition
- On a clear evening on June 2nd, the Muju Film Festival opened the doors to its 5th edition. The opening ceremony was hosted by actors PARK Cheol-min and KIM Hye-na and featured live performances from famed singer HAN Young-ae, among others. The ceremony was followed by a screening of Reggae Inna Fil...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2017