Florence Korean Film Fest Stages Moon Sori Retrospective

Italian Festival Hosts Masterclasses with Moon, Bong Joonho and Yoo Teo The Florence Korean Film Rest returned this spring and showcased an extensive program packed with current and classic Korean films. Among the highlights in its lineup, this year was a ret...

ME AND ME Picks Up 2 Prizes at Fantasia Film Festival

Me and Me, the well-received directing debut of veteran actor JUNG Jin-young, has picked up a pair of prizes at the recent 24th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Montreal-based festival which this year took place online. The mystery-dram...

PARASITE Tops Korean Film Critics Association Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE was triumphant at this year’s 39th Korean Film Critics Association Awards. The Palme d’Or-winning box office hit earned awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography for director of photography HONG ...

CHO Dal-hwan Toasts LIKE THE FIRST GLASS

Character actor CHO Dal-hwan took on the lead role in the indie drama Like the First Glass (translated title), the debut feature film of producer and short film director PAEK Seung-hwan. The film, which co-stars veteran actor SHIN Gu and new actress WOO Hye-ri...

THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season

This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on J...

MAGGIE Picks Up Grand Prix at Osaka Asian Film Festival

Director YI Ok-seop’s debut film Maggie (2018) has picked up the Grand Prix at this year’s 13th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF). The film debuted in the Korean Cinema Today section of last October’s Busan International Film Festival and stars r...

AFTER MY DEATH and LAST CHILD Lead Wildflower Nominees

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea are returning for their 6th edition next month, once again to be held at the Literature House Seoul on Namsan Mountain in the heart of the Korean capital. This year’s top nominees are KIM Ui-seok’s After My Death (2018) and SHI...

SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il Wrap Period Drama

The upcoming period drama Naratmalssami (Korean title), which sees stars SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il reunite on the big screen, completed production on January 31. The project makes the feature directing debut of The Throne (2015) scribe CHO Chul-hyun. The pe...

Berlinale Extends Invites to New Films from ZHANG Lu and LEE Su-jin

A pair of new Korean films have been added to the completed Forum and Panorama programs of next month’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Joining the forum lineup will be Fukuoka, the new film from director ZHANG Lu, while HAN Gong-ju (2014) director LE...

MOON So-ri Earns Career Achievement Award in Hawaii

Veteran performer MOON So-ri was recently honored at the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), where she was given the 2018 Halekulani Career Achievement Award. The star has been a leading figure of the Korean film industry for almost 20 years and recentl...