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- Top Prize at Women in Film Korea Goes to NA Moon-hee
- Adding to her growing collection of trophies this awards season, actress NA Moon-hee has earned the top prize from this year’s Women in Film Korea Awards for her part in the drama I Can Speak. The event, which was hosted by Our Love Story star LEE Sang-hee (as well as NA’s co-star in I Can Speak), t...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 15, 2017
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- A TAXI DRIVER Drives Off with 4 Blue Dragons
- The 38th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on a rainy Saturday evening on November 25th in Seoul with a slew of stars and directors in attendance. This year’s chart-topping hit A Taxi Driver was triumphant during the show, as it picked up four prizes, the most of the night. From dir...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2017
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- A TAXI DRIVER Tops Buil Film Awards
- The 26th Buil Film Awards, which are staged by the newspaper Busan Ilbo, took place in in Busan on October 13th this year. The Best Film prize this year went to JANG Hoon’s smash hit political drama A Taxi Driver. JANG’s film also picked up the Best Actor Prize for lead SONG Kang-ho, as well as the ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 17, 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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- Five Korean Films Invited to Göteberg
- The 40th edition of the Göteberg International Film Festival kicked off on January 27th and will run until February 6th. This year, five films from South Korea, including four features and one animated short, have been invited to screen at the Swedish event. KIM Ki-duk’s 22nd feature THE NET, featur...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2017
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- KIM Ki-duk’s THE NET to Open Tokyo Filmex 2016
- Korean indie cinema will be alive and well at next month’s 2016 edition of the Tokyo Filmex. KIM Ki-duk’s THE NET has been invited to open the event while Our Love Story and The World of Us, which are both directed by women and mainly comprise casts of women, will take part in the festival’s competi...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 19, 2016
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- Vancouver Makes Way for Korean Films
- The Dragons & Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival returns in 2016 under the new name Gateway with 25 features, including a quintet of works from South Korean filmmakers. Frequent VIFF invitee HONG Sang-soo once again appears on the program with Yourself and Yours, the aut...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 27, 2016
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- Korean Lesbian Drama Invited to San Sebastian
- OUR LOVE STORY to Screen in Spain Our Love Story, the Grand Prize winner in the Korean competition of this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), will have its international premier as part of the New Directors section at the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Director by L...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 25, 2016
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- SAND STORM, OUR LOVE STORY and DELTA BOYS Take Jeonju Grand Prizes
- 17th Jeonju International Film Festival Winds to a Close On May 5th, the Jeonju International Film Festival handed out the awards for its 17th edition. Taking the Grand Prize in the International Competition was Elite ZEXER’s Sand Storm from Israel, while LEE Hyun-ju’s Our Love Story and KO Bong-so...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2016
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- Korean Competition Announced for 17th JIFF
- Jeonju Loads New Local Titles for 2016 Edition The Jeonju International Film Festival has revealed the ten finalists for its Korean Competition at next month’s 17th edition. Competing films, all from first-time or sophomore filmmakers, were whittled down from 121 feature entries. In an official pr...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2016