Several Korean films have been invited to major overseas film festivals in the new year. Director Son Minzun's CUT, Director Jeon Jinkyu's The House of Loss, and Director Kang Hongju's Little by Little were listed in the Compétition Internationale section, while Director Moon Sujin's PERSONA was invited to the Compétition Labo section while Director Eric Oh's METAMODERNITY was ...
On August 5 (local time), the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival unveiled its audience-winning films in each category. Among Korean films invited to the festival, a total of 4 films, THE ROUNDUP, NEXT SOHEE, the animations Chun-Taeil, and PERSONA received the Audience Awards.First, THE ROUNDUP (Directed by Lee Sangyong) won Gold Award, and NEXT SOHEE (Directed by July Jung) won Silver Award...
The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held 'Shorts’ Night' on July 11 to announce the winners of the Short Competitions.Persona (directed by Moon Sujin) won the Best Korean Short Film in Korean Fantastic, the competition category for Korean films. The Stranger (directed by Song Wonchan) won 3 awards, including the Audience Award for Korean Short Film, Watcha's Pick for...
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 create jobs in the domestic film festival industry and revitalize film production. The project supports the labor cost of 1,000 employees for u...
Awards and Invitation
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2024) - Animated, Body-World-Being
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2024) - New Talents: Korea
Zurich Film Festival (2023) - New World View Korea section - Collection of short films
Tricky Women (2023) - Competition
Anima - Brussels International Animation Film Festival (2023) - Short Films - International Selection
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2023) - Labo
Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival : JIFF (2022)
Concorto Film Festival (2022)
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2022)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (2022) - Panorama – Reflection
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2022)
Kaohsiung Film Festival (2022)
Bucheon International Animation Festival : BIAF (2022)
DOK Leipzig - International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (2022) - Internationaler Wettbewerb Kurzfilm
- Silberne Taube für den besten Film einer Nachwuchsregie
San Diego Asian Film Festival (2022) - Short Films
Chungmuro Film Festival-Directors Week (2022)
Women's Film Festival in Gwangju (2022)
Paris Korean Film Festival (2022) - Shortcuts
- Best Animated Film
Fancine - Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Malaga (2022) - Cortometrajes de Animación
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2022) - Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation
London International Animation Festival (LIAF) (2022) - International Competition
Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2022) - Festival Choice
Melbourne International Film Festival (2022) - MIFF Shorts
Fantasia International Film Festival (2022) - Animation Coréenne : Perspectives 2022
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (2022) - Asian Shorts
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2022)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2022) - Graduation Short Films in Competition
- Cristal for a Graduation Film
Cannes Film Festival (2022) - Short Films
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film (2022) - Student Film Competition