Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept their invitations, were a record 19 Korean film professionals, the lion’s share having been involved in this year’s historic Best Picture w...

Director E J-yong will take in the Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) with his new pro-ject The Big Picture. Also featuring in the project market will be the Korean-Israeli co-production On High Ice from director Gary KAM Byung-seok. The Big Picture is a remake of the 2010 French film L’Homme Qui Voulait Vivre Sa Vie, itself based on Douglas Kennedy’s novel ‘The Big Picture’. Jason CHAE...