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- 8th Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt Screens 15 Features
- The Korean Film Festival in Frankfurt kicked off its 8th edition in Germany this month with a screening of BONG Joon-ho’s hit new film PARASITE, which served as the event’s opening film. The festival also screened two otherBONG Joon-hoclassics over the weekend, 2003’s Memories of Murder and Mother (...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 28, 2019
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- Sydney Film Festival to Welcome Pair from Korea
- Last year’s New Currents victor at the Busan International Film Festival Clean Up(2018) and BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE, currently screening in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, have been invited to take part in this year’s Sydney Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from June 5 t...
- by Pierce Conran / May 16, 2019
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- SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival
- The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the opening film of last year’s Busan Intern...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2019
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- KAFA Project MATE Welcomes the New Year
- Mate, one of last year’s graduate film projects from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), will be released theatrically on January 17. The second directorial outing of JUNG Dae-gun initially premiered in competition at the Jeonju International Film Festival in spring last year. The film follows t...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 07, 2019
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- CLEAN UP Sweeps Up Best Film Prize in Macao
- Following on the heels of its New Currents Awards win at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), KWON Man-ki’s debut feature Clean Up has picked up the Best Film Award at the 3rd edition of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao. A jury comprised of Chinese filmmaker CHEN Kaige, Bosn...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 27, 2018
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- THE WITCH and CLEAN UP Invited to Macao
- The 3rd edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) has revealed its program, which is set to launch on December 8 and will include a pair of Korean titles: PARK Hoon-jung’s The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion and KWON Man-ki’s Clean Up. In addition, director SONG Il-gon will...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 15, 2018
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- CLEAN UP and SAVAGE Earn Top Busan Film Fest Awards
- Korean social drama Clean Up, a feature presentation of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) from debut director KWON Man-gi, and Chinese thriller Savage by CUI Si Wei have picked up the New Currents Awards from this year’s 23rd Busan International Film Festival. The New Currents jury, led by KIM ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 16, 2018
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- 2018 BIFF Films Are Available Online
- Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Korea, such as BIFF, the Jeonju Internation...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Oct 10, 2018