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- JIFF Reveals Jeonju Cinema Projects for 21st Edition
- The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has revealed the three Jeonju Cinema Projects that will populate its 21st edition, which will begin May 28. This year’s titles will be the homegrown films Three Sisters by LEE Seung-won and A Distant Place by PARK Kun-young, as well as Afterwater by Balk...
- by Pierce Conran / May 26, 2020
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- JIFF Announces 4 Jeonju Cinema Projects for 2019 Edition
- The Jeonju International Film Festival has annouced this year’s Jeonju Cinema Projects, which will screen at the festival’s forthcoming edition in May. The 2019 JCPs will include JEON Jee-hee’s KUKDO, KO Hee-young’s The Breathing of the Fire, KIM Jong-kwan’s Between Times and The Tears of Isadora fr...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 30, 2019
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- Melbourne International Film Festival Screens 6 from Korea
- Four Korean features and two shorts were screened at the recently concluded Melbourne International Film Festival. The Cannes-invited titles BURNING by LEE Chang-dong and The Spy Gone North by YOON Jong-bin led the Korean contingent at the Australian festival. Based on the short story ‘Barn Burning’...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 27, 2018
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- Jeonju Announces Lineup for 19th Edition
- The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) revealed its lineup for its 19th edition earlier this month. Overall, the festival will feature 246 films from 46 countries, an increase over last year’s 226-strong program and run from May 3 to 12. This year’s JIFF will open with the world premiere of C...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 16, 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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- Hong Kong IFF Takes 4 from Korea
- Four Korean films are among the lineup of this month’s 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, which kicks off on March 19 and runs until April 4. The Korean lineup at HKIFF includes Hong Sangsoo’s Grass, KIM Dae-hwan’s The First Lap (2017), SHIN Dong-seok’s Last Child (2017) and PARK Ki-yong’s ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 12, 2018
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- CLAIRE’S CAMERA and THE FIRST LAP Invited to Singapore
- This year’s 28th Singapore International Film Festival features three Korean films in its lineup. Two new titles, Hong Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera and KIM Dae-hwan’s The First Lapscreens in the ‘Asian Vision’ section while HAN Hyeong-mo’s The Hand of Destiny (1954) is part of a classic retrospective s...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2017
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- Mar Del Plata Stages Korean Focus
- The Mar Del Plata International Film Festival once again features Korea prominently at this year’s 32nd edition with a special program being devoted to the country’s cinema. In all, 11 Korean films screen at the event, which kicked off on Friday, November 17th and runs until 26th. KIM Dae-hwan’s sec...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 21, 2017
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- Christoph Terhechte, head of Berlinale’s Forum Section, Receives Korean Cinema Award
- The 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced the recipient of its Korean Cinema Award. “BIFF has selected Christoph Terhechte, the head of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section, as the recipient of this year’s Korean Cinema Award” the festival released in a statement ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Sep 06, 2017
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- THE FIRST LAP Earns Best Emerging Director Prize in Locarno
- KIM Dae-hwan’s second feature The First Lap has won the Best Emerging Director prize from the Filmmakers of the Present Competition at the recently concluded 70th edition of the Locarno Inter-national Film Festival in Switzerland. The film also received a Special Mention in the Junior Jury Awards. T...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 18, 2017