And another year of red carpets and awards is upon us. The season kicked off with the opening of the 21st Busan International Film Festival, which runs October 6-15, 2016. The...
Lauded indie filmmaker Hong Sang-soo (Hahaha, Our Sunhi) is busy at work on his latest project, and he’s actually filming it right now at the currently-in-progress 69th Cannes Film...
The Cannes Film Festival has historically been friendly to Korea's film industry, aka Chungmuro, and this year looks to continue the trend. All three of Chungmuro's entries at the 69th...
It's been four years (eep!) since the last time I wrote about Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, mostly because it's not the most exciting of events. But the inclusion of...
The 16th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6, and the red carpet to the opening screening -- So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo's tragic romance Only You -- was awash...
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Heads up to you Korean drama/cinema buffs in France: The upcoming 6th Festival Franco-Coréen du Film (FCFF) takes place in two weeks, and it's got a pretty...
Director Kim Ki-duk has picked an award at Cannes International Film Festival for his film Arirang, taking home the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section along with Andreas...
And the awards keep rolling in for Poetry, which has just collected its 17th from Switzerland's 25th Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), taking home the festival's top prize, the Regard...
Korea's making a big showing at the Berlin Film Festival, with nine films headed abroad, in competition for jury prizes. A few are films we've talked about for a while,...
2016 Busan International Film Festival’s opening red carpet
by girlfriday
And another year of red carpets and awards is upon us. The season kicked off with the opening of the 21st Busan International Film Festival, which runs October 6-15, 2016. The...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, awards, Bae Jong-ok, film festivals, Han Hyo-joo, Han Ye-ri, Im Kwon-taek, Jo Min-soo, Kim Eui-sung, Kim Ki-duk, Lee El, Lee Yi-kyung, Min-ho, Oh Ji-ho, Ohn Joo-wan, Park So-dam, Sol Kyung-gu, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
Director Hong Sang-soo films latest project at Cannes with Isabelle Huppert
by tinebella
Lauded indie filmmaker Hong Sang-soo (Hahaha, Our Sunhi) is busy at work on his latest project, and he’s actually filming it right now at the currently-in-progress 69th Cannes Film...
Tags: film festivals, Hong Sang-soo, Jang Mi-hee, Jung Jin-young, Kim Min-hee
Chungmuro puts in solid showing at 69th Cannes Film Festival
by tinebella
The Cannes Film Festival has historically been friendly to Korea's film industry, aka Chungmuro, and this year looks to continue the trend. All three of Chungmuro's entries at the 69th...
Tags: box office, film festivals, Park Chan-wook
8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
by javabeans
It's been four years (eep!) since the last time I wrote about Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, mostly because it's not the most exciting of events. But the inclusion of...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, Choi Woo-shik, film festivals, Gu Hye-sun, Jo Sung-ha, Jung Eui-chul, Kang Ye-won, Kim Dong-wook, Kim So-eun, Kim Woo-bin, Lee Yoon-ji, Yoo In-young, Yoon Eun-hye
16th Busan International Film Festival’s opening red carpet
by javabeans
The 16th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6, and the red carpet to the opening screening -- So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo's tragic romance Only You -- was awash...
Tags: Byun Jung-soo, Cha Seung-won, Daniel Choi, Eom Ji-won, film festivals, Go Soo, Gu Hye-sun, Han Hyo-joo, Hong Su-ah, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Jang Dong-gun, Ji Sung, Jung Seok-won, Kang Hye-jung, Kang So-ra, Kang Ye-won, Kim Dong-wan, Kim Haneul, Kim Min-joon, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Beom-soo, Lee Je-hoon, Min Hyo-rin, Nam Sang-mi, Park Jin-hee, Park Ye-jin, So Ji-sub, Sung Yuri, Wang Ji-hye, Yeh Ji-won, Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Inna, Yoon Jin-seo
Catch Korean films at the Festival Franco-Coréen du Film
by javabeans
Sunny Heads up to you Korean drama/cinema buffs in France: The upcoming 6th Festival Franco-Coréen du Film (FCFF) takes place in two weeks, and it's got a pretty...
Tags: film festivals
Kim Ki-duk’s Arirang wins at Cannes
by javabeans
Director Kim Ki-duk has picked an award at Cannes International Film Festival for his film Arirang, taking home the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section along with Andreas...
Tags: awards, directors, film festivals, Kim Ki-duk
Poetry picks up its 17th award
by javabeans
And the awards keep rolling in for Poetry, which has just collected its 17th from Switzerland's 25th Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), taking home the festival's top prize, the Regard...
Tags: awards, film festivals, Hyun Bin, Lee Chang-dong
Won Bin’s Ajusshi at SF Asian American film fest
by girlfriday
For those of you in the San Fransisco area who didn't get the chance to see Won Bin in all his badass glory, now's your shot. Seriously, see it on...
Tags: film festivals, Won Bin
Nine Korean films at Berlin film festival
by girlfriday
Korea's making a big showing at the Berlin Film Festival, with nine films headed abroad, in competition for jury prizes. A few are films we've talked about for a while,...
Tags: film festivals, Hwang Jung-min, Hyun Bin, Im Soo-jung, Kim Hyo-jin, Park Chan-wook, Ryu Seung-beom