London Korean Film Festival to Stage Youn Yuhjung Retrospective

ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS to Bookend LKFFThe London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is returning for its 16th edition this year, which will run from November 4 to 19. This year’s event will feature a Special Focus on recent Academy...

San Sebastián to Stage ‘Flowers in Hell’ Classic Korean Film Retrospective

Indie Breakout ALONERS Invited to New Directors Section in SpainThe San Sebastián International Film Festival is taking a trip back to Korea’s golden age of cinema this year after revealing that their upcoming 69th edition will feature a seven-title retrospect...

Oscar Winner YOUN Yuh-jung Continues to Lay New Roots

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Ac...

YOUN Yuh-jung Extends Best Support Actress Win Streak and Scores Spirit Awards Nomination

YOUN Yuh-jung’s hot streak in the North American awards circuit continues as she pushed her tally of Best Supporting Actress trophies to 16. She also landed one of Minari’s six nominations for this year’s 36th Independent Spirit Awards. The Korean actress, who...

THE HORSE THIEVES and MOONLIT WINTER to Bookend 24th Busan Film Festival

The Busan International Film Festival will descend on Korea’s second largest city once more next month for its 24th edition, which will open with the film The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, co-directed by Kazhakstan’s Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV and Japan’s Lisa TAKE...

SUB-ZERO WIND Competes for Vesoul’s Cyclo d’Or

The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas kicked off its 25th edition on February 5 and is featuring four films from Korea this year. KIM Yuri’s debut work Sub-Zero Wind (2017) is screening in competition while three classics spanning from the 19...

MIDNIGHT RUNNERS Duo Step into the Ring for THE DIVINE FURY

Upcoming occult drama The Divine Furykicked off production on August 14. The project sees Jason KIM and PARK Seo-jun, the director and star of last year’s buddy cop smash sensation Midnight Runners (2017), team up once again. Also on board in leading roles are...

YOUN Yuh-jung to Appear in US Comedic Drama HIGHLAND

YOUN Yuh-jung may soon be appearing on screens across the US on a weekly basis. YOUN’s agency Hook Entertainment announced that the veteran actress participated in shooting the pilot for the drama Highland in Los Angeles in late September. Highland is describe...

WEEKENDS to Open 6th Toronto Korean Film Festival

The Toronto Korean Film Festival returns on July 12th for its 6th edition. The festival will open with the documentary WEEKENDS (2016) before closing with ZHANG Lu’s latest indie drama A Quiet Dream (2016) on July 16th. A total of eight features and eight shor...

Production Wraps on KIM Ki-duk’s THE TIME OF HUMANS

The Time of Humans, the 23rd film from veteran indie filmmaker KIM Ki-duk, ended its shoot on July 3rd. The film features a major roster of acting talent that includes AHN Sung-ki, RYOO Seung-bum, Joe Odagiri, JANG Keun-suk, LEE Sung-jae and Mina Fujii. Taking...