Web: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Print and Online Editions
Korean
Film Observatory is a quarterly magazine published by the Korean Cinema board
covering the Korean film industry, film festivals, media and focus articles on
film companies, directors, distributors etc. It is an excellent way to keep
track of some of the great films that are coming out of Korea. It is a well
produced glossy magazine of around fifty pages and issues are also available as
pdf downloads online. The website is also packed with free information even
including an annual summary of Korean cinema covering all major films of the
year available as a free download, there are also issue papers and director’s
focus. This is a prime example of a national film industry taking pro active
steps to bring its films to a wider audience.
Issue
27 includes lots of interesting content including reviews of all the major
Korean releases for the first half of 2008 and a summary of Korean films on the
festival circuits. There are also focus articles on JUNG woo-sung and BONG
Joon-Ho.