Celebrated Cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo Joins Lee Sangil’s THE WANDERING MOON

PARASITE Director of Photography Filming Japanese ProjectAcclaimed cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo has signed on to shoot the upcoming Japanese film The Wandering Moon for director Lee Sangil, his first full international project.This marks Hong’s second collab...

HOTEL BY THE RIVER Tops Busan Film Critics Awards

Auteur Hong Sangsoo topped this year’s 20th Busan Film Critics Association Awards by taking the Best Film prize for his film Hotel by the River (2018). The indie film also picked up the Best Actor Prize for its lead KI Joo-bong. Hotel by the River, Hong’s 23rd...

YIM Soon-rye and HONG Kyeong-pyo Join Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has swelled its ranks by adding 842 new members this year. Among the new roster of film industry professionals, who are now eligible to vote in the Academy Awards, are nine people from the Korean film i...

LEE Myung-se Appointed as Executive Chairman of Green Film Festival in Seoul

LEE Myung-se has been appointed as the new Festival Chairman of the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFISS) ahead of its 15th edition. This year’s GFFIS will take place from May 17 to 23. The appointment makes LEE the first filmmaker to lead the festival since it...

CHOI Yong-bae Takes on BiFan Festival Director Post

Veteran Producer Succeeds KIM Young-bin Veteran film producer CHOI Yong-bae has been appointed as the new festival director of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). He will begin his three-year term on January 1st, 2016, replacing current ...

UHM Ji-won & KONG Hyo-jin Pair Up for MISSING CHILD

3rd Feature from …ING Director E.oni Actresses UHM Ji-won and KONG Hyo-jin are teaming up for the first time on Missing Child, the first film in nine years from …ing (2003) director E.oni (aka LEE Eon-hee). Shooting on the kidnap drama began last month and is ...