FINECUT Adds Bom Film Productions Library to Catalogue

Korean sales agent FINECUT has partnered with top Korean film house Bom Film Productions to represent the group’s titles internationally. Set up by producer OH Jung-wan in 1999, Bom is a longtime industry leader that has been responsible for several major mode...

KIM Nam-gil Set as Lead in New LEE Yoon-ki Drama

CHUN Woo-hee Eyeing Co-Starring Role Returning last week after a six-year hiatus, A Man and A Woman director LEE Yoon-ki is jumping right back into the saddle, having fixed My Angel as his next project. Actor KIM Nam-gil is already on board and CHUN Woo-hee i...

Yoon-a Joins Hyun-bin on COOPERATION

Girls' Generation Singer Boards New Action Film Popular K-pop star Yoon-a, a member of the group Girls' Generation, has landed a leading role in the North Korea-themed action-thriller Cooperation opposite Hyun-bin. From director KIM Sung-hoon, who pre...

Hyun-bin Sets COOPERATION as Next Project

New Action Blockbuster from Producer JK YOUN Superstar Hyun-bin has selected the North Korea-themed blockbuster Cooperation (literal title) as his next project. With sophomore director KIM Sung-hoon at the helm and hit filmmaker JK YOUN assuming producing dut...

JEON Do-yeon Returns to Melodrama

A MAN AND A WOMAN Dive into Forbidden Love JEON Do-yeon and GONG Yoo will fall into a forbidden love. Director LEE Yoon-ki’s A Man and a Woman which started shooting on November 19th has chosen JEON and GONG as leads with snow-covered Finland as the background...

JEON Do-yeon and GONG Yoo Pair Up for LEE Yoon-ki

Stars Cast in A MAN AND A WOMAN Korean siren JEON Do-yeon will appear alongside heartthrob GONG Yoo in the upcoming melodrama A Man and a Woman, the first film from LEE Yoon-ki in four years. JEON and director LEE previously worked together on 2008’s My Dear...

10th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Confirms Its Jurors

5 Selectied to Judge Trends in World Music’ Film Today The 10th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival confirmed five jurors including director KIM Jee-woon and actress LIM Soo-jung to judge ‘World Music Film Today’s films, the only competition secti...

COME RAIN, COME SHINE Goes to Japan

To be released in Japan on March 16th, 2013 Come Rain, Come Shine, starring the Korean Wave star HYUN Bin is going to be released in Japan on March 16th next year. HYUN paired up with LIM Soo-jung in this film, which was the last film he was in before joinin...

Toronto film festival takes <Countdown>

The 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the first 50 films to be added to its line-up include the Korean film <Countdown>, starring JEONG Jae-young and JEON Do-yeon. Written and directed by newcomer HUH Jong-ho, the film will s...

Korean films to screen in Locarno film festival

The 64th Festival del Film Locarno has announced its line-up to include the South Korea-Uzbekistan co-production <Hanaan>, directed by Ruslan PAK. The film will screen in the Filmmakers of the Present Competition. A story about young ethnic Koreans dis...