Kim Sun-min (김선민)

Kim Ji-woon's kimchi-western "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" topped the list of award contenders with 8 nominations at the 3rd Asian Film Awards (AFA) held in Hong Kong. The awards show – which takes place March 23 – is held in tandem with the Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 22 – April 13).

KIM's blockbuster was the highest grossing film to the end of 2008 at the Korean box offi...More

The nation's oldest film awards ceremony, the Grand Bell Awards, gave its top prize to low-key hybrid-family-drama "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") , directed by Kim Tae-yong. The film, which has toured a number of international film festivals winning the top prize at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece, also picked up a Grand Bell Best Screenplay award. The win was a happy surprise after many expected last summer's
blockbuster The Host to take top honors. "The Host" did however snatch up a Best Director award for Bong Joon-ho and Best Editing for ...More

South Korean films won the majority of the awards at the 51st Asia Pacific Film Festival which concluded November 25th in Taipei after a four day run. All-time record holder "The Host" did extremely well, winning three awards: Best Editing for Kim Sun-min, Best Sound for CHOI Tae-yeong, and Best Supporting Actor for Byeon Hee-bong.

Both Best Actor and Actress awards were won by South Koreans. Child actor Lee Jae-eung took the Best Actor award for his central role in "Bravo, My Life" ("...More

Fifteen short films that won prizes at the 4th Mise-enscene's Genres Film Festival will be screened at the event's Web page, http://www.mgff.org , free of charge for 15 days from Aug.1, the organizer said.

The films include "Garivegas" by Kim Sun-min, "Getting Married to a Vietnamese Girl" by Lee Mirang...More