KOFIC Prepares for COVID-19 Pandemic & Endemic Simultaneously

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has started to revive the Korean film industry, which has suffered from COVID-19 for 3 years. Since April, KOFIC has been implementing the 'Human Resources Support Project for Film Production to Overcome COVID-19' to cre...

Korean Film Night held by KOFIC at the Berlin International Film Festival

On February 11 at 8 pm (local time), the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) held the Korean Film Night in the Koreanisches Kulturzentrum (Korean Cultural Center) of Berlin, Germany. The event was organized by the Korean Cultural Center in collaboration with KOFIC to ...

KoBiz Online Screening Service for BIFAN 2018 Kicks Off

Service Available for 3 Months from July 13 to October 12, 2018 The KoBiz online screening service operated by theKorean Film Council(KOFIC) will feature 47 movies from theBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN), available on its official website ...

2018 KAFA Films Now on the KoBiz Online Screening Service

From April 16th 2018, films from students of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) is available online. Last year, through a collaboration with Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the online screening platform offered 33 films from the festival's se...

KOFIC Hosted Korean Film Night in Berlin

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC - Chairman, OH Seok Geun) hosted its ‘Korean Film Night’ event during the 68th Berlin International Film Festival at the Korean Culture Center in Berlin at 8pm on Monday, February 19. The event was put on to celebrate the Korean ...

KOFIC Concludes Reorganization

Korean Film Council(KOFIC) has completed its structural adjustment, with a newly established executive branch. The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (minister DO Jong-hwan) has been building a new executive department, beginning with the appointment of ...

CHO Jong-guk, Editor-in-chief of ‘Cine21’ Chosen as KOFIC’s New Secretary-General

Thenew secretary-general of theKorean Film Council (KOFIC) was appointed. On January 15th, KOFIC announced it had elected CHO Jong-guk as its new secretary-general. Secretary-general CHO Jong-guk was picked for this position after a second board screening that...

Director OH Seok-geun was appointed as Chairman of Korean Film Council (KOFIC)

The new chairman ofThe Korean Film Council (KOFIC) was appointed. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister, DO Jong-hwan) announced this news through a press release on January 5th and said, “We appointed director OH Seok-geun as the new chairman of K...

KAFA’s EYES IN THE RED WIND Invited to 2018 Sundance Film Festival

The PyeongChang Olympic 2018 Winter Games aren’t set to start until February, but a trio of Korean filmmakers will get to hit the ski slopes a little earlier. The Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) announced that directorLEE Seung-moo’s 11-minute VR short film...

KAFA FILMS 2017 Set to Showcase Korea’s Next Generation of Filmmakers

KAFA FILMS 2017, a special program showcasing feature films from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), is taking place at CGV Apgujeong, CGV Myeongdong and Indieplus in the Busan Cinema Center until November 22nd. Under the slogan ‘Feature Debut Show of Prom...