K-Movie History
Korean Cinema History
  • 50th anniversary of KOFIC
  • 40th anniversary of KAFA
  • 10th anniversary of the relocation
    to Busan
  • The Apartment
    with Two Women
  • Official Selection
    at the Berlinale &
    5 BIFF Awards
  • HUNT
  • with KOFIC's
    Support
  • VOD Korea Box-Office
    Information System
  • Collection of movie
    viewing data
    from IPTVs & CATVs
  • Aloners
  • Grand Prix
    at the Osaka Asian
    Film Festival
  • YOUN Yuh-jung
  • First Korean to win
    an acting award
    at the Academy Awards
    (Best Supporting Actress)
  • Escape from
    Mogadishu
  • with KOFIC's
    Support
  • KOFIC's new building
  • incl. a 238-seat theater,
    a library & KOFIC cafe
  • KOFIC's new
    corporate
    identity
  • Indieground
  • Indie and arthouse films
    distribution center
  • Highest cinema
    attendance
  • per capita in the world
  • House of
    Hummingbird
  • with KOFIC's support
  • PARASITE
  • First Korean movie to win
    the Palme d'Or at Cannes
    & 4 Academy Awards
  • 100 Years of
    Korean Cinema
  • Gachibom
  • Support for screenings
    with Korean captions
    and audio description
  • KAFA's
    relocation
    to Busan
  • SCENE ONE
  • Support center for
    film project planning
    & development
  • After My Death
  • New Currents Award &
    Actors of the Year at the
    Busan Int'l Film Festival
  • THE OUTLAWS
  • with KOFIC's support
  • The Fortress
    The Battleship Island
  • with KOFIC's support
  • DEUNDEUN
  • Center for gender
    equality in Korean films
  • Alice in
    Earnestland
  • Best Actress at the
    Blue Dragon Awards
    & Best Screenplay at
    the Paeksang Arts Awards
  • A Hard Day
  • with KOFIC's support
  • The Admiral :
    Roaring Currents
  • Most-watched film
    of all time in Korea
  • Start of a new
    chapter in Busan
  • FOFIC's relocation
    to Busan
  • Yearly admissions for
    Korean films reach
  • 200 million
  • Yearly admissions for
    Korean films reach
  • 100 million
  • Launch of Korean Film
    Biz Zone(Kobiz)
  • Bleak Night
  • New Currents Award at
    the Busan Int'l Film Festival
  • Introduction of a
    standardized film
    industry labor contract
  • Improved working
    conditions for film
    professionals
  • Korean
    Cinema Vol.1
  • Korea's first monthly
    film magazine
  • Enactment of the Promotion
    of Motion Pictures
    and Video Products Act
  • Korean Motion Picture Fund
  • 3% tax levied on movie tickets
  • Silmido
  • First Korean
    movie to achieve
    10 million admissions
  • Korea Box-Office
    Information System
  • The world's only
    real-time box office
    data collection
    system
  • Chihwaseon
  • First Korean movie
    to win Best Director
    at Cannes Film Festival
  • Sinmungo for
    film professionals
  • Online service to report
    labor malpractices
  • Chunhyang
  • First Korean movie
    selected in Competition
    for Cannes Film Festival
  • Participation in
    the Audiovisual
    Investment
    Association
  • Korean Film Council
  • Leading the diversification
    in Korean films
  • Swiri
  • First Korean
    blockbuster
  • Opening of KOFIC's
    Namyangju Studios
  • A cradle for
    Korean film production
  • Motion Picture
    Promotion Fund
  • Securing financial
    stability for
    Korean films
  • 1st Busan Int'l
    Film Festival
  • Asia's most prestigious
    film festival
  • Seopyeonje
  • First Korean movie
    to achieve
    1 million admissions
  • Film Promotion Law
  • KANG Soo-youn
  • First Korean to receive
    an acting award at the
    Venice Film Festival
    (Best Actress)
  • Korean Academy
    of Film Arts
  • Korea's top film school,
    with more than 700 talented
    graduates
  • Opening of
    KOFIC's
    darkroom
  • Opening of KOFIC's
    recording studio
  • Promotion of film
    equipment & technology
    development projects
    to support Korean film
    production
  • Motion Picture Promotion
    Corporation of Korea
  • First official public
    organization
    dedicated to film policies
  • Establishment
    of the Guild of
    Korean Film Promotion
  • First organization dedicated
    to film promotion
  • Enactment of
    the Film Law
  • Adoption of the first
    film law and policies
  • Fight For Justice
  • The First Domestic Film
    in Korean History