The 23rd Jeonju IFF Restored the Festival with 50,000 Audiences

The 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival ended on May 7 (Sat) after enjoying the festive mood for 10 days. The closing ceremony held at 7 p.m. in Jeonju Dome was hosted by actors Kang Gilwoo and Lee Sanghee. In the closing ceremony, Lee Joondong, chairperso...

Action Films and Women Directors Out in Front as Korean Talent Returns to Udine

During the initial onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) was one of the first major global meeting points for Asian filmmakers to be impacted. This year, FEFF returned to full strength with a lineup of major titles from across ...

The 23rd Jeonju IFF, Having a ‘Complete Festival’ Aiming for Coexistence of Festival & Quarantine

From April 28th (Thurs.) to May 7th (Sat.), the 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival is holding the ‘Spring Film Festival’ around Jeonju Film Street. In February 2020, when the COVID-19 Pandemic swept the world, Jeonju IFF, which had been held in May annual...

Korean Films, Decision to Leave & Broker, Invited to the Competition at the 75th Cannes

The 75th Cannes International Film Festival heralded a lively start in full swing by announcing its official invitations to the competition section. “The world cinema is starting to get back in shape, and this year marks a return to a quasi-normality.” At the ...

Korean Filming Locations in Global Projects Have Grown in Stature

It is no longer strange to find the images of Korea in global project films. Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was released in 2015, is one of the representative films shot in Korea. Since then, you can also meet Korea in many films, including Black ...

2021 Korean Film Industry Settlement Shows a Ray of Hope

The COVID-19 Pandemic, which began worldwide in January 2020, has plunged the global film industry into a shock beyond imagination. The report card of the Korean film industry in 2021, the second year of COVID-19, is still apprehensive, but there is also a ray...

New Korean Projects Launched at 3rd Online Filmart

The Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart) took place from March 14-17 with a large contingent of Korean sales agents presenting their enticing slates of new films. Several brand new projects were launched at the event, beefing up lineups that ...

Korean Creators Look at Home for New Content

With Korean films and dramas in the global spotlight, a lot of attention is also being drawn to the original works on which they are based. Films like Miss Granny (2014) have been reimagined as local productions around the world, while Parasite (2019) is being...

The Enduring Appeal of Korean Dystopias

In 2016, an indie animation director made a move to Korea’s mainstream live-action realm, and the story he boldly chose to do so with belonged to a genre that had until then been considered anathema to the local industry - the zombie film.That director was Yeo...

Covid Curtails Lunar New Year Box Office for 2nd Consecutive Year

The Lunar New Year holiday, one of four main holiday seasons in Korea, is normally a busy time for theaters. Distributors often save their biggest releases for these launch windows, which, often combined with Hollywood tentpoles, crowd the multiplex marquees a...