New Zealand Korean Film Festival Opens Doors to 2018 Edition

The Korean Cinerama Trust and the Korean Embassy in Auckland hosted this year’s New Zealand Korean Film Festival, which opened its doors on October 11th. Also supporting the event are the Korean Film Council (Chairman - OH Seok Geun) and the New Zealand Asia I...

Showbox Animates Sales for DETECTIVE K: SECRET OF THE LIVING DEAD

Showbox, one of Korea’s main film investors and distributors, had a fruitful few days at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market(Filmart), which took place from March 19-22 on HK Island, running alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival(HKIFF)...

DETECTIVE K Team Returns for 2018 Threequel

The popular period sleuth series Detective K is set to return next year with its third installment, currently entitled Detective K 3. Stars KIM Myung-min and OH Dal-su and director KIM Sok-yun will all return while TV name KIM Ji-won will mark her first period...

DETECTIVE K: LABORER’S DAUGHTER to Crankin in June

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow’s sequel, Detective K: Laborer’s Daughter is being made after four years. Detective K attracted 4.7 million admissions during 2011‘s New Year’s holidays. It is a story about the greatest Joseon detective who is part clumsy...

Serbia Stages First Korean Film Festival

Marks 25th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties The Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade hosted Serbia’s first ever Korean film festival on Tuesday (May 13th), when it screens the 2011 period procedural Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow from director KIM Sok-y...

PLAN MAN and THE LAWS OF PLEASURE Wrap

Comedies Eying Early 2014 Releases Two Korean films, Plan Man and The Laws of Pleasure, recently wrapped up production and are awaiting their public release early next year. Plan Manis a romantic comedy starring JUNG Jae-young of Our Sun-hi and HAN Ji-min of...

3rd Korean Film Festival in Nigeria

Abuja Hosts Korean Cinema Quartet Following its inception in 2010, the Nigerian Korean Film Festival closed out its 3rd edition on November 30th, returning to Abuja following its stint in Lagos for the fest’s 2nd edition. Guests were treated to a cross secti...

THE THIEVES shoot down another box office record

The Thieves become the 2nd biggest grossing Korean film in history Box office records are continuing to be broken here in Korea. As of 4pm on 30th August, CHOI Dong-hoon's The Thieves has become the second biggest grossing Korean film in history, surpass...

Korean Film Fest in Australia rolls out ambitious 2012 line-up

In only its third year, the 2012 Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) has released its line-up, which contains a variety of contemporary classics as well as some of the Korea’s biggest blockbusters from the last two years. KOFFIA will hold screenings in ...

Lee Sun-mi wins Woman in Film of the Year

Women in Film Korea has announced producer LEE Sun-mi is the 2011 winner of the Woman in Film of the Year Award for her work on <Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow>. Other awards went to actresses SONG Hye-kyo and CHOI Ji-hee, directorHAN Hye-jin, and...