THE HORSE THIEVES and MOONLIT WINTER to Bookend 24th Busan Film Festival

The Busan International Film Festival will descend on Korea’s second largest city once more next month for its 24th edition, which will open with the film The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, co-directed by Kazhakstan’s Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV and Japan’s Lisa TAKE...

THE REMNANTS Takes Busan Film Critics Grand Prize

The documentary The Remnants (2016), from directors KIM Il-ran and LEE Hyuk-sang, has picked up the Grand Prize at the Busan Film Critics Association Awards. E Som was given the Best Actress Award for her role in JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat, while PARK Jung-mi...

KI Joo-bong Earns Best Actor in Locarno for HOTEL BY THE RIVER

Veteran actor KI Joo-bong has earned the coveted Best Actor Award from the recently concluded 71st Locarno International Film Festival. He earned the prize for his leading role in Hong Sangsoo’s most recent indie drama Hotel by the River, which saw the auteur ...

BAMSEOM PIRATES Wins Wildflower Grand Prize

JUNG Yoon-suk’s sophomore documentary Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (2017) became the first ever documentary film to pick up the Grand Prize at the Wildflower Film Awards, which held their fifth edition on Thursday, April 12. A documentary following a punk ban...

Wildflower Film Awards Announces Nominations for 5th Anniversary

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea will return for their 5th edition on April 12. Ahead of the ceremony the organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s awards, which include a new category for Best Music. The Wildflower Awards, founded by Korean film ...

THE PRISON and MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. MO Awarded in Saipan

Korea was a major presence at the recent awards ceremony for the 1st Marianas International Film Festival held in Saipan, commonwealth of the United States in the Pacific Islands, on December 8th. The Prison director NA Hyun earned the Best New Director Prize ...