The Other Child, Invited to the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

The Other Child, a mystery horror starring Park Hyoju, Kim Minjae, and Cha Sunwoo, has been officially invited to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the largest genre film festival in Northern Europe. The Other Child has been invited to the ‘First Feature...

New Normal, Officially Invited to the 66th BFI London Film Festival

Director Jung Bumshik’s New Normal, which was selected as the official closing film of the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, has officially been invited to the 66th BFI London Film Festival. The BFI London International Film Festival, which h...

GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum Scares Up Hollywood Remake

Korea’s found footage horror hit GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum (2018) is set to get the US remake treatment. The Los Angeles-based group Black Box Management is developing the update, which will be the first project to stem from a recently forged partnership with th...

CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il Travel TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS

Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by cha...

HWANG Jung-min and LEE Jung-jae to DELIVER US FROM EVIL

Stars HWANG Jung-min, LEE Jung-jae, PARK Jung-min and CHOI Hee-seo have lined up to appear in the upcoming action-drama Deliver Us from Evil (translated title). The film is the latest from Office (2015) director HONG Won-chan and kicked off production on Septe...

Beijing Film Festival Welcomes 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at the 9th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicked off on April 13 with the opening film The Composer by Xirzat YAHUP, a co-production between China and Kazakhstan. This year’s Korean selec...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...

Korean Horror 0.0MHz Secures May Release Slot

0.0MHz, 2019’s first Korean horror film, is set to hit theaters in May. Starring in the film, which is based on a webcomic by JANG Jak, are TV series names JUNG Eun-ji and LEE Sung-yeol. Though the Korean horror genre had fallen on hard times for several years...

1987 Takes Home Another Grand Prize at KFPA Awards

The Korean Film Producers Association Awards held their 5th edition on December 11th. This year’s Grand Prize went to JANG Joon-hwan’s hit period political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), while YIM Soon-rye earned the Best Director Prize for her feel go...

1987 Comes Out on Top at Blue Dragon Awards

JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) topped the 39th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on November 23 during a ceremony hosted by stars KIM Hye-soo and YOO Yeon-seok. Other top prizes went to YOON Jon...