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Seoul International Pride Film Festival Opens Nov. 11, Screening 116 Films; Cannes Award Winner 'The Black Ball' to Get Exclusive Showcase

Seoul International Pride Film Festival Opens Nov. 11, Screening 116 Films; Cannes Award Winner 'The Black Ball' to Get Exclusive Showcase

Festival opens next month at CGV Piccadilly 1958, with acclaimed queer films from 34 countries
From award-winning films at prestigious international festivals to digitally restored Korean classics The 16th Seoul International Pride Film Festival, the largest international LGBTQ+ film festival in South Korea, will be held Nov. 5-11 at CGV Piccadilly 1958 in Seoul.
| James choi
'18th Seoul International Senior Film Festival' Opens on the 27th, Screening Cannes Top Prize Winner 'First Summer' and Honoring the Late Lee Soon-jae

'18th Seoul International Senior Film Festival' Opens on the 27th, Screening Cannes Top Prize Winner 'First Summer' and Honoring the Late Lee Soon-jae

25 films to screen at Seoul Film Center from the 27th to 30th; barrier-free section and actor Lee Kwang-ki to serve as festival ambassador
Film brings generations together The 18th Seoul International Senior Film Festival, which shines a light on the lives and diverse stories of older adults, will open in grand style at the Seoul Film Center for four days, from the 27th through the 30th.
| James choi
[Film Festival] Picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival, Part 2: ‘Asia Pride’ and ‘Special Pride’ Sections, ‘Korean Queer Film History’

[Film Festival] Picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival, Part 2: ‘Asia Pride’ and ‘Special Pride’ Sections, ‘Korean Queer Film History’

『Korean Queer Film History 2022–2025』, documenting queer films that screened in Korea from 2022 to 2025 through criticism by five critics and interviews with five directors, will also be published.
※ Continued from the first article on picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival. The Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival’s “Asia Pride” section is a chance to discover a diverse range of queer films made in Asia.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Jeon Do-yeon’s ‘Possible Love’ sweeps 46th Korean Film Critics Association Awards… New OTT category debuts; which films made the ‘Top 10’?

Jeon Do-yeon’s ‘Possible Love’ sweeps 46th Korean Film Critics Association Awards… New OTT category debuts; which films made the ‘Top 10’?

Lee Chang-dong’s film wins two awards, including Best Picture; ceremony to be held at KOFA on the 4th of next month
Return of a master and rise of new talent showcase the Korean film industry’s qualitative growth Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ won Best Picture at the 46th Korean Film Critics Association Awards. The association officially announced the winners and honorees in each category on the 20th,...
| James choi
Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hang-jun, Yoon Ga-eun and 27 other film directors publish debut essay 『My First Action』!

Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hang-jun, Yoon Ga-eun and 27 other film directors publish debut essay 『My First Action』!

Featuring the voices of directors affiliated with the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK), the 2014 book 『The Moment of Debut』 has been revised and expanded and published in two volumes, 1 and 2.』
A nonfiction essay vividly recounting the hard-fought debut journeys of 31 leading directors shaping South Korean cinema, 『My First Action』 (jointly planned by the Directors Guild of Korea and CinePlay), has been published.
| Joo Seong-cheol
National Asian Culture Center to host 2026 ACC Big Door Cinema from Oct. 29-31

National Asian Culture Center to host 2026 ACC Big Door Cinema from Oct. 29-31

The “One Day, One Master: Fall in Love Cinema” program will feature screenings of “200 Pounds Beauty” (2006), “The Contact” (1997) and “Shiri” (1999), along with appearances by the films’ directors and actors.
The National Asian Culture Center , an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and led by Kim Sang-wook, will host “2026 ACC Big Door Cinema” from Oct. 29 to 31 at the Big Door outdoor stage of Theater 1 at the National Asian Culture Center.
| Joo Seong-cheol
[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

Adoptee sent to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982 returns with autobiographical documentary No compensation despite official finding of human rights violations; film takes direct aim at South Korea’s stigma against single mothers
Tracing lost blood ties through a stranger’s lens Tanja Taekyung Inwol Sørensen, who was adopted to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982, came to the 31st Busan International Film Festival with 'Home Sick: At the End of the Sea', an autobiographical documentary tracing her roots.
| James choi
Filmmakers including director Jung Ji-young hold emergency news conference in Busan's Haeundae:

Filmmakers including director Jung Ji-young hold emergency news conference in Busan's Haeundae: "Don't turn films into political battlegrounds"

Filmmakers issue joint statement at the 31st Busan International Film Festival on Oct. 8, condemning outside pressure, including a Singapore letter sent Oct. 6, and threats to their personal safety
Leading South Korean filmmakers, including directors Jung Ji-young and Lee Myung-se, have taken a firm stand over the controversy surrounding 'Assassins', a film at the center of allegations of historical distortion.
| James choi
Connecting Films, Merchandise and Spaces: Next-Generation Art and Indie-Film OTT MovieLAB Launches Oct. 1

Connecting Films, Merchandise and Spaces: Next-Generation Art and Indie-Film OTT MovieLAB Launches Oct. 1

- One platform integrating online streaming, articles, a merchandise shop and offline spaces - “MOVIE” offers curation centered on art films, independent films and classics, while “LAB” features film-analysis articles - “SHOP” offers annual members discounts of up to 20%, and “SPACE” introduces independent cinemas and film cafes nationwide - Available for 9,900 won per month or 99,000 won per year; seven-day free-trial event begins Oct. 1
The full experience of watching a film — reading about it, collecting something from it and visiting an offline space — is coming together on a single platform. MovieLAB said it will officially launch MovieLAB, a film lifestyle platform connecting film streaming and curation with articles,...
| Yangsimoh
‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease’ wraps memorial screening, sets Oct. 21 theatrical release

‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease’ wraps memorial screening, sets Oct. 21 theatrical release

The final work by a master of Korean independent animation is a hard-boiled brutal drama about a pig trying to become human and a human trying to become a beast
‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease,’ the final work by late director Heo Beom-wook, who died in July, has completed its memorial special screening and will open in theaters on Oct. 21. Indie Story Co. , Ltd.
| Kim Ji-yeon