KidariStudio and KIDARI ENT Merge to Form New Content Studio

Waiting for Rain (2021)KidariStudio and KIDARI ENT have merged and officially launched a content production company. The merged outfit will seek to exploit its extensive IP webtoon and film library to produce content that can be scaled out in franchises and/or...

SWING KIDS to Compete at Fribourg International Film Festival

The Fribourg International Film Festival, long a champion of Korean cinema, is staging an especially Korea-centric edition this year, which will include KANG Hyoung-chul’s Swing Kids in international competition. Director BONG Joon-ho was also invited to curat...

Finecut Gets SHIN Min-a's Mystery-Thriller DIVA

Korean sales boutique Finecut has acquired the international sales rights for the upcoming mystery thriller Diva starring SHIN Min-a and LEE Yoo-young. During this month’s Asian Film Market, held over the course of the Busan International Film Festival, the ou...

SHIN Min-a Set to Return to Theaters with DIVA

SHIN Min-a is getting ready to return to the big screen for the first time since the 2014 romantic comedy My Love, My Bride. From hit screenwriter and first-time filmmaker CHO Seul-ye, Diva went into production this month. The mystery-thriller will follow a pr...

KONG Hyo-jin Enters DOOR LOCK and BBAENGBAN

Top star KONG Hyo-jin has lined up a pair of new projects to be shot back to back early next year. The actress will appear in LEE Kwon’s Door Lock, which will begin rolling at the beginning of the year while HAN Jun-hee’s Bbaengban is scheduled to start produc...

SONG Kang-ho and BAE Doo-na Wrap DRUG KING in Busan

Production on DRUG KING, one of next year’s most anticipated releases, concluded on October 10th in Busan. Starring SONG Kang-ho, BAE Doo-na and JO Jung-suk, the crime thriller is director WOO Min-ho’s follow-up to his 2015 hit Inside Men with LEE Byung-hun. S...

BAE Doo-na Partners with DRUG KING SONG Kang-ho

Global star BAE Doo-na has joined the crime drama Drug King as the female lead opposite previously cast male star SONG Kang-ho. JO Jung-suk has also joined the cast of director WOO Min-ho’s follow up to his smash hit political corruption thriller Inside Men (2...

CJ Generates Buzz with THE HANDMAIDEN at EFM

New Titles Romcom LIKE FOR LIKES and Vietnamese Thriller TRACER Among the most eagerly anticipated Korean films this year is PARK Chan-wook’s upcoming erotic thriller The Handmaiden. Starring HA Jung-woo (Assassination, 2015) and KIM Min-hee (Right Now, Wrong...

Udine’s Top Award Goes to ODE TO MY FATHER

Majority of Awards Swept Up by Korean Films At the 17th Udine Far East Film Festival, which took place from April 23 until May 2 in Udine, Italy, JK YOUN’s Ode to My Father was awarded the top prize. Staged by the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (C.E.C.), ...

17th Far East Film Festival to Screen 10 Korean Films

5 International Premieres in Udine The Far East Film Festival returns in two weeks for its 17th edition and as always a large contingent of Korean films is peppered across the lineup. 10 films from the peninsula will screen this year, among them five internat...