Director Jo Sunghee's Space Sweepers, praised as the first Korean SF blockbuster, has been nominated for the Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards, the two major science and literature awards in the U.S. Space Sweepers is the first Korean film to be nominated for the prestigious SF literary awards in the U.S. at the same time.According to the announcement by the Hugo Awards on its official website...

Mr. Go (2013)Top Korean VFX house Dexter Studios has signed a contract to provide visual effects for the upcoming Hollywood live-action adaption of the Japanese manga Knights of the Zodiac (aka Saint Seiya).Originally published in 1986, the manga tells the story of warriors known as the ‘Saints’ who draw their power from the stars and help to defend the goddess Athena from other celestial beings w...

Ryoo Seungwan’s action-drama Escape from Mogadishu came away as the big winner of this year’s 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards. The box office hit picked up six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Ryoo.It was Ryoo’s third Best Director win at the awards, following The Unjust (2010) and Veteran (2015). Escape from Mogadishu also won Best Supporting Actor for Huh Joonho, Best Art Direction...

Park Kiyong, a professor at Dankook University's Graduate School of Culture and Arts, was elected as the new chairman of Korean Film Council. Kim Sunah, a professor at Dankook University, was appointed as the vice-chairman.Korean Film Councilannounced on January 7 that Chairman Park Kiyong was elected as the chairman through a mutual vote at the council meeting.The new chairman Park Kiyong is ...