YOUN Yuh-jung Crowned Best Supporting Actress by Boston Society of Film Critics

Veteran star YOUN Yuh-jung’s American debut Minari has been making inroads in Hollywood over the past few months and its latest triumph is a pair of awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC). The film, from Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG,...

KIM Jong-kwan’s Commercial Debut JOSEE Scores Global Sales

Josée, a romantic drama starring NAM Joo-hyuk and HAN Ji-min and the highly anticipated commercial film debut of arthouse director KIM Jong-kwan, has scored several international sales and will screen across Asia this month. A remake of the Japanese drama Jose...

MINARI Earns Best Ensemble and Audience Award at Middleburg Film Festival

Lee Isaac CHUNG’s acclaimed Korean-American immigrant drama Minari has picked up the Best Ensemble Award and Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at this year’s Middleburg Film Festival, an event that is often viewed as a predictor event for titles that o...

Lee Isaac CHUNG’s MINARI with Steven YEUN Wows in Sundance Debut

One of the most talked-about films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year has been Minari, the latest film by Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG. The film, which has drawn universal acclaim in Park City, is executive produced by Hollywood ac...

MINARI with Steven YEUN, HAN Ye-ri and YOUN Yuh-jung Invited to Sundance

Minari, a new American film directed by Lee Isaac CHUNG, produced by Hollywood star Steven YEUN and starring YEUN as well as Korean actors YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri, has been selected to compete in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at next month’s Sundance Film ...

YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri to Make Hollywood Debuts Alongside Steven YEUN

Korean stars YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri are set to make their Hollywood debuts in the upcoming film Minari. They will co-star with Steven YEUN, who is also making his debut as an executive producer with the project. The film will be directed by Isaac CHUNG an...

NAM Joo-hyuk to Star in KIM Jong-kwan’s JOSEE

Rising star NAM Joo-hyuk appears set to take on his first leading man role in a feature film, after signing on to star in KIM Jong-kwan’s upcoming remake of the 2003 Japanese drama Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (the Korean working title has been shortened to J...

JIFF Announces 4 Jeonju Cinema Projects for 2019 Edition

The Jeonju International Film Festival has annouced this year’s Jeonju Cinema Projects, which will screen at the festival’s forthcoming edition in May. The 2019 JCPs will include JEON Jee-hee’s KUKDO, KO Hee-young’s The Breathing of the Fire, KIM Jong-kwan’s B...

KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi INRANG Arms Up for July Release

WB Korea to Distribute JINROH Remake with GANG Dong-won, HAN Hyo-joo, JUNG Woo-sung KIM Jee-woon’s highly anticipated Inrang (Korean title), a remake of the acclaimed Japanese animation Jinroh: The Wolf Brigade, is almost upon us. Along with a pair of teaser p...

Don LEE, GWON Yool and HAN Ye-ri Wrap CHAMPION

The arm wrestling drama Champion with Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), GWON Yooland HAN Ye-ri wrapped production on December 17th in the Nonhyeon neighborhood in Seoul. Production took around nine weeks on the film, which was directed by KIM Yong-wan and will be di...