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HUR Jin-ho Project Invited to Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum
Celebrated director HUR Jin-ho is set to take part in the 19th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) after his new project The Dinner was selected as one of this year’ 29 participants. HUR’s is the only project from South Korea. The Dinner tells the story ...
Coupang Play Fills Out Streaming Library with NEW Hits
Coupang Play, the new Korean streaming service which debuted just last month, has added a selection of hit titles from local studio Next Entertainment World (NEW). This deal follows quickly on the heels of a similar 51-title acquisition from Showbox earlier th...
Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York
‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...
SHIN Ha-kyun, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki Accept HUR Jin-ho’s PRESENT
While post-production is ongoing for his upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream, director HUR Jin-ho shot a new short film at the end of last month. Starring SHIN Ha-kyun, EXO member, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki, Present (translated title) is a VR project commissioned...
Production Wraps on HUR Jin-ho’s FORBIDDEN DREAM
The upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream (working title) completed four months of production on January 23, after filming in various locations all around the country. The film reunites actors CHOI Min-shik and HAN Suk-kyu for the third time and marks the eigh...
LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon Join ASTRONOMY
LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon have been added to the cast of Astronomy. The Joseon Era costume drama is the latest work from melodrama hitmaker HUR Jin-ho. The actors will join previously set leads CHOI Min-sik and HAN Suk-kyu in the film that will...
London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT
The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return ha...
HAN Suk-kyu and CHOI Min-shik Fated to Reunite for ASTRONOMY
Actors HAN Suk-kyu and CHOI Min-shik will work together for the third time on the upcoming period drama Astronomy (translated title). It will be their first joint project in 20 years, following 1999’s Swiri, the original Korean blockbuster. Furthermore, the fi...
HUR Jin-ho Returns with New Short Film
Melodrama specialist HUR Jin-ho is returning with a new short film this month, following last year’s period drama The Last Princess, the biggest box office hit of his career. Two Rays of Light (literal title) is a romantic drama that features HAN Ji-min and ZE...
HAN GONG-JU Director and Star Reteam for IDOL
The director and star of breakout indie Han Gong-ju (2014) are teaming up with veteran actors for their new collaboration Idol (translated title). CHUN Woo-hee will join HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu in director LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film. Idol will feature HA...