Lee Jungjae, Jung Hoyeon and SQUID GAME Cast Nominated for SAG Awards

Director Hwang Donghyuk’s drama debut Squid Game continues to blaze a trail through the North American awards circuit, after landing four historic nominations for this year’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.Lee Jungjae and Jung Hoyeon were nominated for the O...

Squid Game Picks Up 3 Golden Globe Nominations, Marking Historic Firsts

The sensational hit Squid Game continues to blaze a trail on the North America awards circuit. The Netflix show from director Hwang Donghyuk has been nominated for three awards at the upcoming 79th edition of the Golden Globe Awards.The show was one of the fiv...

OMOK GIRL Web-drama Begins Shooting

Production has begun on the web-drama Omok Girl. The series, which features the traditional Korean games Omok and Badook, centers around a character who was once a Badook child prodigy but now spends her days working a part-time job at a Badook gaming hall. Th...

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...

KIM Ki-duk, CHUNG Chung-hoon Join Academy Membership

Three prominent Korean film figures have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) among this year’s record group of 774 new members. Indie filmmaker KIM Ki-duk, cinematographer and frequent PARK Chan-wook collaborator CHUNG ...

STOP Books Japanese Theatrical Release

KIM Ki-duk is set to return to Japan with his 21st feature Stop when the film goes on theatrical release there in March. The famed auteur’s latest title THE NET recently served as the opening film of Tokyo Filmex. The Japanese bow of Stop follows its Korean re...

Cartagena Film Festival to Honor KIM Ki-duk

6 Film Retrospective to Be Staged Korea’s indie maverick KIM Ki-duk is set to be honored at the Cartagena Film Festival (FICC), the oldest festival in South America, during its upcoming 55th edition. The festival will take place in Cartagena de Indias, Colomb...

ROARING CURRENTS Becomes Top Grossing Korean Film in US

Historical Epic Grosses USD 2.5 Million Not content with breaking every conceivable box office record in its home country, period epic Roaring Currents has now become the most successful Korean film at the US box office (not including co-productions), after a...

KIM Ki-duk Feted in Yerevan

Retro and Honorary Award for Korena Auteur Korean auteur KIM Ki-duk is currently in Armenia for the 11th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, which is staging a retrospective of his works. KIM was presented with the Parajanov Thaler Award durin...

Philadelphia Museum of Art Stages Korean Film Series

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is set to screen a series of Korean films in its Van Pelt Auditorium on Wednesdays throughout April. The showcase, which will include modern classics such as IM Kwon-taek’s Chihwaseon (2002), is supported by the Dean and Zoë Papp...