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- ALL OF US ARE DEAD Chew Up 1st Place in Global Netflix Rankings
- ALL OF US ARE DEAD (2022)For the third time in five months, a drama series helmed by a Korean film director has topped the global Netflix rankings. Lee Jaekyoo’s All of Us Are Dead shot to the top spot on the global streaming service during its launch ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays in Korea. I...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 07, 2022
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Wins Prize at LGBT Film Festival in Ljubljana
- Kim Bora’s acclaimed debut film House of Hummingbird (2018) has won the Audience Award at the LGBT Film Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It shared to accolade with the Finnish film Tove.Kim’s work continues to pick up awards on the international festival trail, three years after its first premiered ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 23, 2021
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- Kino Lorber to Give HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Virtual Theatrical Release in North America
- KIM Bora’s sensational debut House of Hummingbird, which has blazed a trail on the festival circuit ever since its launch at the Busan International Film Festival in October, 2018, will be getting a virtual theatrical release in North America through Kino Lorber’s Kino Marquee streaming platform, wh...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 12, 2020
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- KIM-GUN Triumphs at 7th Wildflower Film Awards
- Documentary KIM-GUN (2018) won the Grand Prize at this year’s 7th Wildflower Film Awards, which took place in Central Seoul on May 22 while February was the most awarded film with a total of three prizes. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the event, which celebrates Korea’s vibrant low-bud...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 04, 2020
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- PARASITE Takes Best Feature Film at 13th Asian Pacific Screen Awards
- Director BONG Joon-ho has triumphed once again with his latest film Parasite, which has earned the Best Feature Film Award from this year’s 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs). BONG’s first fully Korean-language work in ten years, Parasite began its sensational awards and box office run when it ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 06, 2019
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- PARASITE Tops Korean Film Critics Association Awards
- BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE was triumphant at this year’s 39th Korean Film Critics Association Awards. The Palme d’Or-winning box office hit earned awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography for director of photography HONG Kyeong-pyo. Also winning big was KIM Bor...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 01, 2019
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- Four Korean Nominees at Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Four nominees from Korea have found themselves on the nominations list for the upcoming 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), to be held in Brisbane, Australia on November 21. Featuring in the Best Feature Film category will be BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed new work PARASITE, which picked up the Palme...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2019
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- More Prizes for HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD in Malaysia and Jerusalem
- KIM Bora’s sensational debut continues its award-winning festival tour after picking up three prizes from the Malaysia Golden Global Awards, for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography, as well as the Best First Feature Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. KANG Kuk-hyun earne...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 06, 2019
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Flies Off with Grand Prize in Seattle
- House of Hummingbird (2018), the debut of director KIM Bora, has bagged yet another major prize on the film festival circuit, after picking up the Grand Prize from the official competition of the recently concluded 45th Seattle International Film Festival. The feature debut of the acclaimed short fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2019
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Flies Off with Best Feature Film and FIPRESCI Prizes at Molodist
- KIM Bora’s feature debut House of Hummingbird (2018) continues to blaze a trail on the festival circuit after picking both the second placed Best Feature Film Award (with a USD 2,000 cash prize) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the recently concluded Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival in Ukraine. PA...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2019