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...

Director Park Kiyong & Prof. Kim Sunah, Picked as the New chairperson and the Vice-chairperson of Korean Film Council

Park Kiyong, a professor at Dankook University's Graduate School of Culture and Arts, was elected as the new chairman of Korean Film Council. Kim Sunah, a professor at Dankook University, was appointed as the vice-chairman.Korean Film Councilannounced on J...

Escape from Mogadishu, Heading for the Oscars

Director Ryoo Seungwan's Escape from Mogadishuis the main character that will create the ‘Korea Syndrome’ for the third consecutive year at the Oscars. KOFIC (Korean Film Council) selected Escape from Mogadishuas the representative film in 2021 Korea and t...

KOFIC to Commemorate 1st anniversary of PARASITE’s Academy Award Triumph With Documentary

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC; Chairperson KIM Young-jin) produced a special documentary program in collaboration with Arirang TV to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the Academy Award wins of PARASITE. This program, which was conceived as a follow-up to the...

K-Cineflex, a new 3-part documentary TV series on Korean cinema for international audiences

Movie fans from all over the world will soon have the opportunity to get more familiar with Korean films despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by Arirang TV, K-Cineflex is a three-part English-language documentary series on Korean films that will delve into ...

KOFIC Hosted KAFA 2018 Graduation Film Festival

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC: Chairperson - OH Seok-geun) hosted the 2018 Graduation Film Festival for the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) at the Megabox Shinchon from January 26 to 28. The KAFA Graduation Film Festival, which offers audiences the first c...

Korean Film Night Held During 70th Cannes Film Festival

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) hosted the Korean Film Night during this year’s 70th Cannes Film Festival in order to celebrate the Korean films invited to the festival and to promote exchanges between Korean and international film professionals. The event too...

The Fifth Meeting of JIFF and KoBiz Online Screening

The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has been focusing on selecting directors’ debut or second films in order to discover creative filmmakers and spotlight hidden works. The motto of the 18th JIFF is ‘Outlet for Cinematic Expression’, which reveals it...

2017 KAFA’s Short Films on the KoBiz Online Screening

Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), one of the best film educational institutions in Korea, held its graduation film festival in January. Titled KAFA 33, it premiered short films and animated short films produced by 33rd graduates of KAFA over the past year. M...

Clermont-Ferrand Stages KAFA Showcase

The internationally renowned Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival will for the first time stage a retrospective on the works of a Korean film school. A section dedicated to the works of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) will examine both the past and pres...