SHIN Chul Appointed Festival Director of BIFAN

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) has appointed a new festival director. Taking the reins will be SHIN Chul, a pioneer figure in the Korean film industry who has been overseeing the production of films since the late 1980s. SHIN will st...

Korean Film Night Takes Place at 71st Cannes Film Festival

KOFIC Offers Memorials to KIM Ji-seok and Pierre RISSIENT The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) staged its annual Korean Film Night at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend. The event kicked off at 9:30 pm in the Vegaluna Lounge along the Cr...

BiFan Makes Contact with JEON Do-yeon Program

With just a few weeks to go before its 21st edition, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan, Chairman CHOI Yong-bae) has begun to reveal parts of its lineup. Within the program this year will be a special section dedicated to the films of JEO...

BiFan Signed MOU with DMZ Docs

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) which is a mecca of fantasy movies and DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) which shows the trend of the world’s documentary films have signed the MOU on March 22nd. Through the pack, they...

Special Jury Prize for BEETHOVEN MEDLEY in Yubari

This year’s edition of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival came to a close on March 6th and handed out a pair of prizes to Korean projects. In the Fantastic Off-Theater Competition, LIM Cheol-min’s Beethoven Medley earned the Special Jury Prize, w...

BiFan Introduces New Programmers

The 21st edition of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival is just around the corner and preparations are heating up with the announcement of a trio of new programmers to help pull together this year’s program alongside festival director CHOI Young-bae....

BiFan Opens 20th Edition in Style

Stars Grace the Red Carpet at Bucheon City Hall The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) put on a big show for the opening of its 20th edition on Thursday, July 21st. After using the Bucheon Gymnasium for many years, this summer’s BiFan moved...

18th Far East Film Festival to Open with THE TIGER

Udine Takes 15 from Korea The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which takes place in Udine in Northeast Italy, is set to open with a screening of PARK Hoon-jung’s Colonial Era hunting drama The Tiger. The film, which stars CHOI Min-shik, will ...

CHOI Yong-bae Takes on BiFan Festival Director Post

Veteran Producer Succeeds KIM Young-bin Veteran film producer CHOI Yong-bae has been appointed as the new festival director of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). He will begin his three-year term on January 1st, 2016, replacing current ...

LEE Eun, the CEO of Myung Films, Will Lead the Korean Film Producers Association

Elected as the next chairman of the KFPA LEE Eun, the CEO of Myung Films, was appointed as the next chairman of the Korean Film Producers Association (KFPA). KFPA announced on February that they held the 20th regular general meeting on January 30th, where th...