To Produce a Short with The Weinstein Company MOON Byoung-gon whose short SAFE won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 66th edition of Cannes Film Festival, has won the 2015 Lexus Short Film Series at Napa Valley Film Festival held in California, US. The Lexus Short Film Series took its name from the brand name of Japanese Toyota Motor Corporation, and selects rookie directors for shorts to be prod...

Korean Indie Filmmakers Find Success at Film Fests 2015 was a fruitful year for Korean cinema for fledging talents. Up-and-coming feature directors - many of them are from the independent filmmaking scene - saw great leaps in their careers. Considering the market circumstance for indie films, their achievements mostly shone at international film festivals. JANG Kun-jae is not a new name compare...

LEE Chun-hee and PARK Bo-young Also Confirmed for Cast On November 21st, CJ Entertainment announced the cast of an upcoming film, Mutant (w/t). LEE Kwang-soo, LEE Chun-hee, PARK Bo-young, JANG Gwang, Lee Byoung-joon and KIM Hee-won are confirmed for the cast. Mutant will be KWON Oh-kwang’s feature debut as a director. Previously, he’s made shorts such as Green Slime (2012), and Suffocation (2012)...

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman Kim, Eui-suk) is looking to promote Korean films in the Central and South American market, and this initiative will take place at the 37th São Paulo International Film Festival, to be held on 18th through 31st of October. During this event, KOFIC will stage a Korean rookie directors’ special collection and a Korea-Brazil film collaboration forum. The São Pa...

Three Young Korean Filmmakers at Cannes Introduced Korean Film Night, organized by the Korean Film Council, was held at 9pm May 20th at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival. Some 500 industry professionals attended the event, making it a great success. The Vice Festival Director of Cannes, Christian Jeune, Charles Tesson, the director of Cannes' Directors' Fortnight as well as the...