Hong Sangsoo’s INTRODUCTION to Screen at Shanghai International Film Festival

BEAUTY WATER and Korean Classics Invited to Top Chinese Film FestivalThe Shanghai International Film Festival is welcoming four Korean films this year for its 24th edition, which is unspooling from June 11 to 20. These include one of Hong Sangsoo’s two new fil...

Stars Align for Ensemble Romcom HAPPY NEW YEAR

LIM Yoon-a, HAN Ji-min, KANG Ha-neul and More Cast in KWAK Jae-yong’s LatestMy Sassy Girl (2001) filmmaker KWAK Jae-yong is returning to the director’s chair for the ensemble romantic comedy Happy New Year (literal title) from CJ Entertainment, which has assem...

Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

THE CLASSIC Gears Up for Thai Remake

KWAK Jae-yong’s landmark romantic drama The Classic (2003) is set to be updated for the Thai film market. CJ Entertainment will produce the remake under its local banner CJ Major Entertainment. The project will be known as Classic Again, is to be helmed by fir...

SHIN Chul Appointed Festival Director of BIFAN

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) has appointed a new festival director. Taking the reins will be SHIN Chul, a pioneer figure in the Korean film industry who has been overseeing the production of films since the late 1980s. SHIN will st...

Mirovision Finds Buyers in Cannes

Korean film sales outfit Mirovision was busy during the ‘Marché du Film’ in Cannes, where they struck several deals for films in their current lineup. Among their slate of titles were Colors of Winds (2017), a Japanese fantasy by My Sassy Girl (2001) director ...

Yubari to Showcase Six Works from Korea in March

Six Korean productions and co-productions will invade Northern Japan next month after being invited to take part in this year’s edition of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. LIM Jin-seung’s Puzzle and KWAK Jae-yong’s Spirit Catcher will be featu...

Mirovision Satisfies Niche Markets with Wide EFM Catalogue

Specialty distributor Mirovision brought a large lineup of low-budget titles to Berlin for the European Film Market (EFM). From co-productions and arthouse titles to horror and queer cinema, the sales agent is covering several niches with their slate. One of t...

E J-yong Takes in THE BIG PICTURE with Mirovision

Following last year’s critical indie hit The Bacchus Lady, director E J-yong has set his next project, which will be a Korean remake of the French thriller L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (‘The Man Who Wanted to Live His Life’), based on the novel ‘The Big Pi...

Josh Hartnett Mulls A MOMENT TO REMEMBER Remake

Classic Korean Melo Gets Hollywood Treatment Penny Dreadful star Josh Hartnett is considering the lead in the Hollywood remake of classic Korean melodrama A Moment To Remember (2004). If he signs on, he will take over a role made famous by local heartthrob JU...