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Ko-pick: Korean Films Remade into Hollywood Productions
This month Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran sequel, I, the Executioner will have its first screening at the Cannes Film Festival where it has been invited to the Midnight Screening Section. It’s an eagerly awaited film with the original feature selling 13 million tick...
Ko-pick: Korean Producers Under the Cannes Market Spotlight
In May, running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, the film market Marché du Film is hosting its Producers Network that was launched in 2003. It brings together over 400 producers from around the world each year. Through a series of breakfast meetings, it spo...
Ko-pick: Korean Auteurs’ Debut Projects
In April, the first episodes of Park Chan-wook’s HBO series The Sympathizer dropped on streaming platforms around the globe. Based on the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, it follows a Captain (Hoa Xuande) in the South Vietnam army who flees to the ...
Ko-pick: A New Generation of Producers
Producers in Korean cinema have played a crucial role in the building of the industry. While directors are usually the focus of attention, the hidden heroes and heroines of Korea’s film industry are the film producers. This was indeed true of the 1990s and 200...
Ko-pick: The Younger Generation of Professionals Working in the Korean Film Industry
Much attention is paid in Korean cinema to the so-called 386 generation of filmmakers, those born in the 1960s, entered university in the 1980s and were in their 30s when this term was coined as they started making films in the 1990s. Directors such as Bong Jo...
Ko-pick: The Evolution of Creatures in K-Content
Yeon Sang-ho’s science fiction horror series Parasyte: The Grey dropped on Netflix on April 5. Based on the Japanese manga series Parasyte (1989-1994) by Hitoshi Iwaaki, it centers on a parasitic organism that target humans as hosts transforming them into dang...
Ko-pick: Introducing Korea’s “Bridge” Studios
The studio system in Korea has continued to evolve since the 1990s. The Chaebols (Korea’s family-owned conglomerates) entered the industry in the 1990s led by Samsung leading to significant investment that would transform Korean cinema. When they left to focus...
Ko-pick: Female Voices in Korean Independent Cinema
Celine Song’s Past Lives that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023 to critical acclaim continued to generate momentum during much of the awards race securing Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Although it ended ...
Ko-pick: Tracking Korea’s Female Directors : From Park Nam-ok to Yim Soon-rye
On March 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day to recognize the achievements of women and put focus on issues under different annual themes to highlight the importance of gender equality. In 2024, the UN theme was Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress th...
Ko-pick: Capturing Korea’s Young Generation
Students in Korea started the new academic year in March at schools and universities all over the country. Education remains central to all walks of life in Korea; entering school and graduating are important occasions and preparations for the college-entrance...