LIM Ji-yeon has been confirmed to appear alongside YOON Kye-sang in the upcoming fantasy action film Fluid Renegades (working title). The film is the sophomore work of Heartbeat (2011) director YOON Jae-keun. Fluid Renegades will concern a man, played by YOON, who loses his memory and wakes up in a different body every 12 hours. Meanwhile, LIM will feature as the character’s girlfriend. Rounding o...

Well Go USA Picks Up Comfort Woman Drama for North America Korean sales outfit Contents Panda has secured several deals for its comfort woman drama Herstory. The latest work by director MIN Kyu-dong, the film bowed in domestic theaters on June 27. Distributor Well Go USA picked up North American distribution rights while other buyers include Edko Films for Hong Kong and Macao, MM2 Entertainment fo...

Acclaimed Korean filmmaker BONG Joon-ho recently began production on his seventh feature film Parasite, which will be his first fully Korean-set film in a decade. Led by local star SONG Kang-ho, the CJ Entertainment-produced drama kicked off production in mid-May and is due for release in 2019. SONG will play the patriarch in a family of four, but beyond that, little is known about the project. JA...

Korean Film Council (KOFIC)’s Korean Film Scenario Market held the 2016 Grand Final Award ceremony on January 10th. The winners are PARK Chul-hwan of Crime Scene Investigation and LEE Joo-yeon of Mailbox in front of Dosan Station. Crime Scene Investigation was well received for its potential to be made a commercial movie with stable layers and charming characters, while Mailbox in front of Dosan S...

Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) is holding a special event in September to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its feature film directing program, called “KAFA: Ten-year-old Story.” For promotional ambassadors, LEE Je-hoon of Bleak Night (2011) and KIM Go-eun of Canola (2016) have been appointed. KAFA was established by Korean Film Council (KOFIC) in 1984 to produce distinguished human resources...

Korean film Council (KOFIC)'s Korean Film Scenario Market held the "2015 Grand Final Award" ceremony on January 5th. The winners are YOON Jeong-min of Book of the Dead, and LEE Da-gyeong of Judgement: He's Alive. YOON's Book of the Dead is a mystery thriller set in Joseon Dynasty, depicting a serial murder case involving a secret book. The jury explained their choice as: "...

Local Films Expected to Recover from the Long Slump Crime drama The Classified File marked the highest opening score for all local films released this year. The KWAK Kyung-taek film opened last Thursday (June 18) and amassed $1.25 million from 181,739 admissions on the opening day alone, beating all earlier local titles’ opening scores this year: Gangnam Blues (152,571 admissions); Detective K...

Word of Mouth Leads to Hot Ticket Sales Word of mouth has done it. Mad Max: Fury Road ruled the Korean box office within two weeks of its release. Adding 672,764 more admissions over the weekend, the film has a cumulative count of 1,839,746, pushing aside last week’s box office number one, The Chronicles of Evil. Following successful runs of Kingsman: The Secret Agent, Fast & Furious 7, and A...