In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the 2009 Korean Film Festival ran Oct 30 to Nov 4 at the GSC Mid Valley's International Screens venue. The six-day festival brings together four diverse titles: family drama "
My Mother, the Mermaid" (2004), critically praised independent drama, "
Sa-Kwa" (2008), suspense-driven thriller
"Seven Days" (2007) and comedy "
Our School E.T" (2008).
The festival, co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea Emb...
MoreManilla's 2009 Korean Film Festival opened Sept 23, offering free screenings to the public during its one week run. Sponsored by the Korean Embassy and held at Shangri-La Plaza, the fest showcases seven Korean features and celebrates the "Philippines-Republic of Korea Friendship Year".
The program features some of the most artistically accomplished films in Korean cinema over the last 9 years, including renowned and emerging directors. Korean TV dramas are already popular in the Philippines, but audiences have yet to be exposed to Korean feature filmmaking.
The seven films in the program are
"Old Boy" (
Park Chan-wook), "
Barking Dogs Never Bite" (
Bong Joon-ho...
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The Korean horror flick
"Epitaph" has been invited to the 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain.
The film production company Dorothy said that, despite the approaching film submission deadline, the organizers invited 'Gidam' to be screened in the 'Zabaltegi' category of this year's festival, citing the depth and wit of the film as the reasons for their decision.
The 'Zabaltegi' category invites films that have received sound reviews in major international film festivals or films by up-and-coming directors worth noticing. In 2005, film director
Kang Yi-kwan's "
Sa-Kwa" ("Apple") was invited to the film festival, and he received the award for best new screenwriter. Director ...
MoreSome Korean movies are warmly welcomed to the 31st Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held in Toronto from September 7 through 16. it is the biggest non-competitive film festival in the North American region.
First of all, "Family Ties" ("
The Birth of a Family") (2006) of director
Kim Tae-yong is invited to the Discovery section of the film festival, which introduces new and emerging filmmakers in the world. 13 films are selected in the section this year, and they are competing for $10,000 prize.
Even though the movie event is non-competitive one, the...
MoreThe movie "
The Birth of a Family" directed by
Kim Tae-yong has been invited to the "Discovery" category of the 31st Toronto International Film Festival slated for September 7 in Canada.
The Toronto festival is the largest non-competition film festival in North America. Last year,
Kang Yi-kwan's film "
Sa-Kwa" ("Apple") was invited to the Discovery category, which shows...
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