SUL Kyung-gu and YU Jun-sang Team Up for BOYS

Following on the heels of the hit thriller Black Money (2019), veteran director CHUNG Ji-young is about to return to the set for what will be his 17th feature film. Boys (translated title), which is based on a true story, will be headlined by SUL Kyung-gu and ...

SONG Yun-a Wraps VR Short WAR CORRESPONDENT

Upcoming virtual short film War Correspondent starring SONG Yun-a wrapped production on August 31st. SONG joined her director Patrick KWON and co-star HAN Sang-jin for a production party in Seoul on September 13th. The film features SONG playing a reporter nam...

THE RETURN Wins Golden Zenith at Montreal World Film Festival

HEO Chul’s The Return won the Golden Zenith Award for Best First Fiction Feature Film at the 41st Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). Based on a play of the same name, the film tells stories of regular customers who miss their loved ones, set in a bar that go...

KIM Eui-sung & LEE Gyoung-young Ready for STEEL RAIN

Actors KIM Eui-sung and LEE Gyoung-young have joined the cast for YANG Woo-suk’s North Korea thriller Gang-cheol-bi (Steel Rain - WT). The popular character actors join previously announced lead stars JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won. Also joining the cast are ac...

BIFF Sets New Currents Jury

Will be Led by Iranian Filmmaker Rakshan Bani-Etemad New Currents, the main competition section of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has selected its jury for this year’s 18th edition of BIFF. The New Currents competition is reserved for the first...

Montreal World Film Festival Hungry for Korean Film

9 Features and 10 Shorts Featured in Canadian Lineup A 19-strong delegation of Korean feature and short films will be making its way to Canada later this month to take part in the Montreal World Film Festival. A special ‘Korean Cinema of Today’ program is be...

MoMA Screening Korean Quintet in August

New York Readies for ‘Summer of Korean Film’ If Korean film fans in New York weren’t already spoilt enough as news broke that the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) would be screening 17 Korean features and shorts in June and July, now the Museum of Modern...

Edinburgh Film Fest Announces Focus on Korea

BONG Joon-ho Announced as Intl. Jury President Korean cinema is descending on Scotland in a big way this summer as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced a full Korean showcase as part of its lineup this year, which will feature five ...

HOW TO USE A GUY WITH SECRET TIPS Wins Audience Award at Udine Far East Film Festival

KIM Dong-ho of JURY Receives Life Achievement How to Use a Guy with Secret Tips starring LEE Si-young and OH Jeong-se won the Audience Award 2013 at the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy which opened on April 27th. Director LEE Won-suk who directed it...

2nd Korean Cinema Today Showcase to Be Held in Berlin

Busan Intl. Film Fest, Korea Foundation and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Team Up For the second time, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the Korea Foundation and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) will cooperate to present ten Korean films in Berlin. ...