SON Ye-jin Wraps Colonial Era Drama THE LAST PRINCESS

Latest fro Melodrama Hitmaker HUR Jin-ho HUR Jin-ho’s Colonial Era drama The Last Princess wrapped up its four-month shoot in Korea and Japan on March 23rd. The Lotte Entertainment title features stars SON Ye-jin, PARK Hae-il and YOON Je-moon. Based on the 2...

Casting Begins for HUR Jin-ho’s THE LAST PRINCESS

South Korea’s Last Princess Gets Movie Treatment Based on the true story of Korea’s last princess, The Last Princess is currently on many actresses’ radars, as they are eager to snatch the lead role. HUR Jin-ho, the director of Christmas in August (1998), One ...

Bright Future of Northeast Asian Films

What is the future of Korean cinema? It is not easy to answer this question. But since cinema is an international language, it would be absurd to try and find the future of Korea in just Korea alone.

Director’s Fortnight to Have A HARD DAY

Following last week’s main announcements and Monday’s Critics’ Week selection, the Director’s Fortnight revealed their lineup for 2014 yesterday evening. Out of 19 features and 11 shorts selected this year, two Korean works will be screened, the Showbox thrill...

LEE Jeong-beom's THE MAN FROM NOWHERE Follow-up Confirmed Cast

JANG Dong-gun and KIM Min-hee Team Up for New Thriller JANG Dong-gun and KIM Min-hee will star in a new film by LEE Jeong-beom who directed The Man form Nowhere, which attracted over six million viewers in 2010. On August 28th, Dice Film announced that the mo...

Asian Project Market (APM) Accepts Project Submissions until June 30th

Registration is available online at the APM official website Asia’s biggest film project market, Asian Project Market (APM), formerly Pusan Promotion Plan, is accepting project submissions until June 30th. Ranging from big-scale commercial films to low-budge...

HUR Jin-ho Appointed as JIMFF Festival Director

“I will develop the festival as a characterized music film festival” The film director HUR Jin-ho was appointed as the festival director of the Jecheon International Music Film Festival (JIMFF). A representative of the festival said, “HUR Jin-ho will be the ...

Korean Films Take on Göteborg Film Festival

Six films screening in Sweden The program of the 36th Goteberg Film Festival, which got underway January 25th and will run until February 4th in Sweden, features six works from Korean filmmakers across its various sections. Among the Korean films on show ...

LEE Byung-hun is Gallup Korea's ‘Most Outstanding Actor of the Year’

LEE Byung-hun tops followed by SONG Joong-ki and KIM Hye-soo at a 1,700 respond scale poll LEE Byung-hun was picked as the ‘most outstanding actor of the year’ by Gallup Korea. Gallup Korea conducted a poll to 1,700 answerers of 13 years or older of both mal...

Korean Films Around the World

Korean Films Praised in the U.S., France and Japan- As The Thieves break the 13 million mark and admissions go over 10 million for Masquerade, interest in Korean cinema abroad is going strong. The Korean Cultural Center in Washington D.C. will screen CHOO Chan...