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Park Chan-wook's New Film 'No Other Choice' Challenges the Oscars

Park Chan-wook's New Film 'No Other Choice' Challenges the Oscars

KOFIC Selects Korean Representative for Next Year's Academy International Feature Film Category
Park Chan-wook's new film 〈No Other Choice〉 will be submitted as the Korean representative for the International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards taking place in March next year.The Korean Film Council announced on the 3rd that 〈No Other Choice〉 has been selected as the Korean...
80,000 Copies Bestseller 'The Long Long Night' Heads to Toronto Film Festival, a Breakthrough After 13 Years of Silence

80,000 Copies Bestseller 'The Long Long Night' Heads to Toronto Film Festival, a Breakthrough After 13 Years of Silence

Director Yeom Gyu-bok's feature debut… Official invitation to the Centerpiece section at North America's biggest film festival
The evolution of Korean animation, a breakthrough at North America's biggest film festival after 13 years of silence'The Long Long Night', which has left a major mark on Korea's children's literature scene after surpassing cumulative sales of 800,000 copies, is writing a new chapter on the screen.
23rd EIDF Opens on the 24th, Screening 64 Films That Probe the “Truth of Images” in the AI Era

23rd EIDF Opens on the 24th, Screening 64 Films That Probe the “Truth of Images” in the AI Era

Under the slogan “Portraits of the Times,” screenings run in tandem across theaters, outdoors and TV, with nine sections in total
EBS 'EIDF 2026' — the only documentary festival in South Korea to spotlight 64 films and uncover the truthHeld simultaneously online and offline from the 24th to the 30th, including newly launched special exhibitions, with screenings across a total of nine categoriesHosted by EBS, the '23rd EBS...
'Pachinko' Min-ha Kim lands a surprise one-off spot as the sole presenter at Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony!

'Pachinko' Min-ha Kim lands a surprise one-off spot as the sole presenter at Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony!

Named a global rising star with Apple TV's 'Pachinko'… Festival kicks off with a 10-day run at Busan Cinema Center starting Oct. 6
Min-ha Kim, the sole MC for the 31st Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony… 'Pachinko' returnsOct. 6 opening ceremony held solo at Busan Cinema Center, with the overwhelming presence of a global starA global icon touches down in Busan, kicking off the festivitiesActor 'Min-ha Kim', who...
‘Hope’ Director Na Hong-jin Wins Action Cinema Award at the 25th New York Asian Film Festival

‘Hope’ Director Na Hong-jin Wins Action Cinema Award at the 25th New York Asian Film Festival

At this year’s festival, director Na Hong-jin met with Ari Aster, the director behind 〈Hereditary〉 and 〈Midsommar〉.
The hot-button release 〈Hope〉, which has been taking the No. 1 spot at the box office day after day since its debut, was selected as the centerpiece screening at the 25th New York Asian Film Festival and held a North American premiere screening on Monday, July 20.
Films Featuring Songs by Overseas Bands Playing Korea's 2026 Rock Festivals

Films Featuring Songs by Overseas Bands Playing Korea's 2026 Rock Festivals

With hip-hop cooling and rock back in vogue in 2026, rock festivals are springing up across the country. Going to a rock festival in Korea means seeing international artists you rarely encounter live. Here are films that feature songs by international bands set to visit Korea for the upcoming One...
A Miracle From a Rural School With 30 Students in the Entire Grade… Hwasun Cheongpung Elementary Wins 3 Awards at an International Film Festival

A Miracle From a Rural School With 30 Students in the Entire Grade… Hwasun Cheongpung Elementary Wins 3 Awards at an International Film Festival

Set in a former coal-mining village, the film captures a friendship with a grandmother living with dementia, and it is driven to success by a countryside school with 30 students.
A rural school in the mountains with 30 students across the grades has shaken the world of cinema. A single film launched from a small classroom on the fringes is building a rare “golden tower” of achievement by sweeping up attention from both critics and the general public with 'International Film...
500x Production Budget Windfall…‘Obsession,’ Top Horror of the Year, Set for September Release

500x Production Budget Windfall…‘Obsession,’ Top Horror of the Year, Set for September Release

A debut film by a 1999-born YouTuber director that pulled in 600 billion won on 1.1 billion won—surpassing ‘Backroom’ to claim No. 1 at the box office for horror.
‘500x Production Budget Jackpot’… A new playbook for horror hits from a 1999-born prodigy directorA once-in-a-lifetime horror craze that has swept through North American theaters has finally arrived on the Korean Peninsula.
Queer Horror 'Leviticus' and Thriller 'Knock' Win Top Honors at Bucheon Film Festival (BIFAN)

Queer Horror 'Leviticus' and Thriller 'Knock' Win Top Honors at Bucheon Film Festival (BIFAN)

Queer horror 'Leviticus' and crime thriller 'Knock' were named best at the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The festival also revealed winners of the newly created AI film award
A film industry's paradigm shift for what's next — BIFAN's take on genre upheaval and an AI revolutionThe 30th edition of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival — where the imaginations of 321 films from 50 countries across the world collided — has finally unveiled the faces set to write...
Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee’s New Film “There’s Nowhere to Look”—Selected in the Locarno Competition

Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee’s New Film “There’s Nowhere to Look”—Selected in the Locarno Competition

A big win for director Hong Sang-soo as it marks his 35th feature and his fifth-ever invitation to Locarno. Choi Myung-gil joins for the first time, and Kim Min-hee takes part as production chief
Where the gaze of a master lingers, the 35th aesthetics blooming in JejuDirector ‘Hong Sang-soo’, who has quietly carved a path through the trajectory of Korean auteur cinema, has once again received a call from Switzerland’s Locarno.