Wildflower Film Awards Announces Nominations for 5th Anniversary

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea will return for their 5th edition on April 12. Ahead of the ceremony the organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s awards, which include a new category for Best Music. The Wildflower Awards, founded by Korean film ...

BONG Joon-ho’s upcoming movie PARASITE Confirms Cast

Director BONG Joon-ho’s upcoming film Parasite (translated title) has locked down its main cast. “No parasites appear in this movie. It’ll be neither a horror nor Sci-fi. It’ll be a family drama which revolves around various characters and strange kinds of fam...

THE FORTRESS Tops Korean Film Producers Association Awards

The Korean Film Producers Association (KFPA) handed their top prize this year to the period siege drama The Fortress, from director HWANG Dong-hyuk. HWANG’s film also took the prizes for Best Editing (NAM Na-young) and Best Sound for CHOI Tae-young, who previo...

Top Prize at Women in Film Korea Goes to NA Moon-hee

Adding to her growing collection of trophies this awards season, actress NA Moon-hee has earned the top prize from this year’s Women in Film Korea Awards for her part in the drama I Can Speak. The event, which was hosted by Our Love Story star LEE Sang-hee (as...

OMOK GIRL Web-drama Begins Shooting

Production has begun on the web-drama Omok Girl. The series, which features the traditional Korean games Omok and Badook, centers around a character who was once a Badook child prodigy but now spends her days working a part-time job at a Badook gaming hall. Th...

JUNG Jae-young, UHM Ji-won and KIM Nam-gil become a STRANGE FAMILY

‘Fantastic Comedy’ Set to Feature a Cast of Colorful Characters JUNG Jae-young of Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), UHM Ji-won of MISSING (2016) and KIM Nam-gil of MEMOIR OF A MURDERER are on board for the upcoming comedy Strange Family (translated title). Strange...