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- MY LOVE: SIX STORIES OF TRUE LOVE Picks Up Prize at IDA Awards
- The documentary series My Love: Six Stories of True Love, inspired by Jin Moyoung’s hit Korean documentary My Love, Don’t Cross That River (2014) and featuring Jin’s participation as both director and executive producer, picked up the award for Best Episodic Series at this year’s 37th IDA Documentar...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 18, 2022
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- SON Hyun-ju Crowned Best Actor at Moscow Film Festival
- Recent Korean investigative drama ORDINARY PERSON has returned home triumphant from the 39th Moscow International Film Festival where it picked up the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Feature, as well as the Best Actor award for its star SON Hyun-ju. A veteran character actor, SON become one of the top l...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 06, 2017
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- DMZ Docs Welcomes Entries for Fund Program
- The 9th edition of DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) has sent out its call for submissions for its production and release funds. DMZ Docs will provide USD 321,000 for 21 projects in three categories; funds for production, funds for release and Daemyung Culture Factory Fund. Sele...
- by KIM Su-bin / May 30, 2017
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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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- MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Earns Top Prize at Cinema Verite
- Korean Doc Screens at Iran International Documentary Film Festival The Cinema Verite Iran International Documentary Film Festival wound up its 9th edition on December 19th following a week of screenings and offered up its prizes, included its main award, the Best Long Documentary Prize, which went ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 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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- ‘Korean Cinema Splash’ at 10th Jogja-NETPAC Festival
- Asian Film Festival in Indonesia Takes 11 from Korea The 10th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) took place over December 1st to 6th, screening 10 Korean films as part of a special ‘Korean Cinema Splash’ showcase, as well as the Korea-Indonesia co-production A Copy of My Mind from Jogko ANWAR....
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 10, 2015
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- MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Acquired by Film Movement
- Hit Documentary to Screen in North America New York-based distribution company Film Movement has purchased North American rights to the hit Korean documentary My Love, Don’t Cross That River. Directed by JIN Mo-young, the film chronicles the end of the relationship of the “100-year-old lovebirds”, ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 14, 2015
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- BFI London Film Festival Nabs Korean Quartet
- Docs, Indies and Commercial on Show for UK Viewers The BFI London Film Festival is returning next month for its 2015 edition, which will feature a quartet of films from the Korean peninsula, spanning commercial and independent, and fiction and documentary fare. Fresh from its Golden Leopard win at...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 08, 2015
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- BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2015 Announced 24 Projects Selection
- ACF SupportsProspective Asian Filmmakers in Cash Grants and Production Services BIFF Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) announced its 24 selections for 2015. ACF has recruited projects over the past three months in three categories: Script Development Fund, Post-Production Fund and Asian Network of Documenta...
- by Ha Sung-tae / Jul 16, 2015