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Late Heo Beom-wook’s Final Film to Screen Oct. 12 at Korean Film Archive

Late Heo Beom-wook’s Final Film to Screen Oct. 12 at Korean Film Archive

Two films, including the short "A Common Meal," will screen at Cinematheque KOFA alongside a memorial exhibition.
Auteur animator who died in an unexpected accident breathes again on the screen A memorial event will be held for director Heo Beom-wook, who died in an unexpected fire in July. The “Korean Film Archive” said it will hold a special memorial screening Oct.
| James choi
52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival sets record with 1,917 entries, announces 10-day celebration

52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival sets record with 1,917 entries, announces 10-day celebration

The 2026 Seoul Independent Film Festival, now in its 52nd year, received 1,917 entries, the most in its history. Submissions rose 6.2% from the previous year, including 1,715 shorts and 202 features, underscoring the strength of independent filmmaking. The festival is expanding its run to 10 days this year to improve audience access and will open Nov. 25 at CGV Apgujeong.
The Seoul Independent Film Festival has once again set a record for the number of films submitted, demonstrating the continued strength of the independent film sector. Ahead of its 52nd edition in 2026, the Seoul Independent Film Festival has broken its all-time record for entries.
| Seongchan Eol
[Interview] Korean indie film ‘Little Dreamers’ meets Michel Gondry’s imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ②

[Interview] Korean indie film ‘Little Dreamers’ meets Michel Gondry’s imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ②

Gun-woo (Yoo Hee-je), an unemployed young man who quit baseball and finds himself at a dead end, and Mina (Kim Se-won), a teenage girl who wanders after her mother’s death, unable to fit into her new surroundings.
⮕ The interview with 〈Little Dreamers〉 director Lee Kwang-ho and actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won continues in Part 1. You became the architect of this dream. How did you develop the ideas for building the dream world. Did you have any references.
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[Interview] Korean indie film 'Little Dreamers' meets Michel Gondry's imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ①

[Interview] Korean indie film 'Little Dreamers' meets Michel Gondry's imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ①

Geon-woo (Yoo Hee-je), an unemployed young man who quit baseball and stands at a dead end in life, and Mina (Kim Se-won), a teenage girl who wanders after her mother's death, unable to fit into her new surroundings.
Geon-woo is an unemployed young man who quit baseball and now stands at a dead end in life. Mina is a teenage girl who wanders after her mother's death, unable to fit into her new surroundings. The two characters illuminated by 〈Little Dreamers〉 are burdened by their own struggles as they try to...
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[Photos] 'Tazza 4' star Byun Yo-han says he went

[Photos] 'Tazza 4' star Byun Yo-han says he went "all in, ready to die" as rapper Swings sheds 10 kilograms for menacing role

Series finale 'Song of Belzebub' opens Aug. 23, reimagining the 20-year franchise with an entirely separate universe
South Korea's signature crime-entertainment film franchise 'Tazza', which has drawn a cumulative 13 million moviegoers since its debut in 2006, is coming to an end. The final installment, 'Tazza: Song of Belzebub' (hereafter 'Tazza 4'), arrives in theaters on Aug.
| James choi
Busan International Film Festival ACFM Selects Japan as the “Producer Hub” Country of the Year — 10 Producers to Take the Stage

Busan International Film Festival ACFM Selects Japan as the “Producer Hub” Country of the Year — 10 Producers to Take the Stage

The 31st BIFF opens Oct. 6, as Asia’s biggest co-production platform ramps up
‘The heart of the biggest content exchange in Asia’… Taking apart Japan’s video industry core The secretariat of the “Busan International Film Festival” , the largest film festival in Asia, said Wednesday that it has for the first time picked Japan as the “Producer Hub” country of the year for...
| James choi
‘One and Only Earth Film Festival’ Opening Film: “Song of the Tree”… 88-Year-Old Woman Who Cultivated a Forest That Covers 3,000 Soccer Fields

‘One and Only Earth Film Festival’ Opening Film: “Song of the Tree”… 88-Year-Old Woman Who Cultivated a Forest That Covers 3,000 Soccer Fields

A real-life story of a scientist from the Joseon royal court… selected as this year’s opening film through a separate advisory body led by Jin Jae-un, the executive committee chair
The drive of an 88-year-old scientist who built a forest the size of 3,000 soccer fields comes to the screen A forest epic holding the lives of 1 million trees awakens Busan’s autumn night. The 5th 'One and Only Earth Film Festival' has moved to pick director Jin Jae-un’s feature-length documentary...
| James choi
“Female-character pioneer” Yangzichung (Michelle Yeoh) heads to Busan after 15 years

“Female-character pioneer” Yangzichung (Michelle Yeoh) heads to Busan after 15 years

At the opening ceremony of the 31st BIFF on Oct. 6, she will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award; four special screenings including “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
A living legend in Hollywood and Asia’s film world, actress 'Yangzichung ' will step onto Busan’s red carpet for the first time in 15 years. The 31st 'Busan International Film Festival ' said in an official announcement that it will present her with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year honor at the Oct.
| James choi
[Chu A-young's Music Box] How Don Hertzfeldt's 'It's Such a Beautiful Day' and Smetana's 'Vltava' Capture Life's Beauty

[Chu A-young's Music Box] How Don Hertzfeldt's 'It's Such a Beautiful Day' and Smetana's 'Vltava' Capture Life's Beauty

I am drawn to music in films. Music often conveys a character's intimate emotions in ways images and dialogue cannot, and it can open a window onto a creator's hidden intent. For me, understanding a film's music has been one way into the film itself.
| Chua-young
[Interview] “Stand by Me for Girls—Even if They Give Up the CSAT, They Can’t Lose the Animals!” Director Yoo Jae-uk, Actress Park Hye-jin ②

[Interview] “Stand by Me for Girls—Even if They Give Up the CSAT, They Can’t Lose the Animals!” Director Yoo Jae-uk, Actress Park Hye-jin ②

〈/LANGLE_BRACKET/〉The worries of the girls in “Please, My Cat”〈/RANGLE_BRACKET/〉 and the adventures of the boys on the road in “Stand by Me”〈/RANGLE_BRACKET/〉 come together as a homegrown coming-of-age film.
In Hye is an earnest kid who pours her heart into caring for poultry even as the CSAT approaches. Park Hye-jin Actually, I’m not the kind of person who studies that hard either, so her actions really resonated with me. Honestly, because it’s the CSAT, does everyone just study.
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