After Cannes, Next Sohee, Chosen as the Closing Film at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada

Director Jung July’s Next Sohee has been selected as the closing film of the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival. As a result, the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival, which opens in Montreal, Canada on July 14, will wrap up its 3-week journey with...

Next Sohee, the Closing Film of Cannes’ Critics Week, Revealed for the First Time

On May 25, amid the 75th Festival de Cannes being held, Director Jung July’s Next Sohee marked a grand finale of Critics’ Week of the Festival de Cannes. Next Sohee is the first Korean film to be selected as the closing film of the Critics' Week. The Criti...

Next Sohee, Selected as the Closing Film for Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week

Director Jung July’s new film, Next Sohee, has been selected as the closing film of the 75th Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. The film is Director Jung’s first new film in 8 years and her second collaboration with Actor Bae Doona.The Cannes Intern...

Bae Doona Joins Zack Snyder’s REBEL MOON

Cloud Atlas (2012)Korean star Bae Doona is returning to Hollywood after joining the main cast of the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed sci-fi film Rebel Moon for Netflix. Bae joins a cast that will also feature Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou and Ra...

Film Investor and Distributor CGV ARTHOUSE Ceases Operations

CGV ARTHOUSE, the subsidiary of CJ ENM Corp.which has been focusing on financing and distributing lower-budget indie and commercial works, has decided to cease its operations. While the outfit has been responsible for introducing several major artistic works t...

Four Korean Nominees at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Four nominees from Korea have found themselves on the nominations list for the upcoming 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), to be held in Brisbane, Australia on November 21. Featuring in the Best Feature Film category will be BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed new ...

THE CULPRIT Escapes to 5 Foreign Markets

Following its premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) last month and its domestic theatrical release on July 10, the new Korean thriller The Culprit has been courting interest from overseas after selling to five foreign territorie...

PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok and KIM Eui-sung Receive SPECIAL PRAISE

PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok, KIM Eui-sung and JEONG Hyeon-joon have joined forces for the upcoming crime-action film Special Praise (translated title). With director PARK Dae-min at the helm, the project began production on May 29. Currently on screens in BONG...

Sewol-Themed BIRTHDAY Selected as Udine Far East Film Festival Opener

The new drama Birthday, featuring veteran stars JEON Do-yeon and SUL Kyung-gu, has been selected as the opening film of this year’s 21st Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which will take place from April 26 to May 4 in Udine, Italy. From debut director LEE Jong-u...

Cinémathèque Française to Hold LEE Chang-dong Retrospective

Acclaimed auteur LEE Chang-dong will be the subject of a full career retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française. The program will unfold from August 28 to September 2, prior to the release of his new film Burning in France on August 29. The program will kick ...