The 13th edition of the Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) will open its doors on October 30 and run until November 6. This year’s FFCP will open with the Chuseok smash The Great Battle before being brought to a close with the youth drama Sunset in My Hometown. From director KIM Kwang-sik and staring ZO In-sung, period siege action-drama The Great Battle is currently the second most successful Kore...

Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene. The film is the long-awaited sophomore feature of YOON Sung-hyun, who made a massive impression with his debut, the critically acclaimed h...

JEON Go-woon’s acclaimed debut feature Microhabitat has picked up the Tiger Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Director JEON and actor AHN Jae-hong were on hand to receive the prize at the festival’s award ceremony. Another prizewinner on the night was the emotional drama I Can Speak (2017) from director KIM Hyun-suk, which earned the Audience ...

Channel of Communication Between Domestic Filmmakers and Overseas Film Industries On-line service system is no longer an option, but compulsory in the movie industry. Korean Film Council’s ‘KoBiz On-line Screening’ fits well into this new trend as it goes into its third year since the launching in the fall of 2011. As of January 3rd, the service will provide about 300 Korean films and holds 623 ...

Celebrating the First Anniversary of KoBiz Online Screening A user from the KoBiz Online Screening Service posted the following message on social media after using the online screening for the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), “Experiencing PiFan from the comfort of my living room, thanks!” The Korean film industry have been attracting attention from the worldwide film communi...

The Korean independent film A Midsummer's Fantasia maintained the pride of Korea’s diversity films by surpassing 30,000 audiences on July 14. The JANG Kun-jae film has been having a long run since its release on June 11. The film drew 30,522 viewers in total until July 16. A Midsummer's Fantasia crossed 30,000 viewers for the first time among Korean diversity films that hit 50 or fewer s...