SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country’s largest showcase of indie and art-house films, began its 10-day run with a ceremony in the southwestern city of Jeonju on Thursday. A total of 262 films from 52 countries will be shown during the 20th edition, which runs until [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The staff at film festivals are exposed to poor working conditions, working an average of 13.4 hours a day and up to 90 hours a week, according to a survey. The results were based on information provided by 40 staff members of the film industry from last September to [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – “I want to say to those that are trying to change our behavior and livelihood, to leave us the way we want to live,” said director Hussein Hassan during a press conference for his film The Dark Wind. The Dark Wind has been chosen as the closing film for [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan International Film Festival opened Thursday with the Korean film industry still divided over the event’s artistic freedom and political independence. The festival runs until next Saturday, and will feature 299 films from 69 countries, a scale almost as large as last year’s 304 films from 75 countries [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of world-class movie directors and actors will make appearances at Asia’s largest film festival to be held in South Korea’s largest port city in October, the event’s organizing committee said Monday. This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), set to run from Oct. 6 to 15 in [...]
BUCHEON, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) kicked off on Thursday, with some of Korea’s top actors and actresses making appearances. Inaugurated in 1997, BIFAN focuses mainly on fantasy, horror, thriller and mystery films from South Korea and overseas. This year’s festival was themed ‘Love, Fantasy, and Adventure’, [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean film “The Tunnel” will get a screening at a non-competition section of this year’s Locarno International Film Festival, according to the festival’s official website on Thursday. The survival-drama movie, starring actors Ha Jung-woo and Oh Dal-su and actress Bae Doona, will be screened outdoors in the [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – “A musical film is not just a film genre.” “It’s a blend of performing arts and visual arts, taking music and film into one,” said creative director Kim Hong-jun during a press conference for the first ‘Chungmuro International Musical Film Festival (CHIMFF 2016)’ held at Chungmu Art Hall in Jung [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean movie “Chalet” has won Best Foreign Feature at the Arizona International Film Festival, according to event organizers on Wednesday. Directed by Park So-jin, “Chalet” depicts Koreans’ dream for national unification through inter-Korean understanding and communication. It was invited to the 25th Arizona International Film Festival held [...]