Café Midnight: Missing Honey, Invited to the 42nd Hawaii International Film Festival Officially

The romantic fantasy, Café Midnight: Missing Honey, starring Actors Yi Yikyung and Chae Seojin, has been invited to the 42nd Hawaii International Film Festival. The Hawaii International Film Festival is an influential film festival with more than 40,000 partic...

Korean Romcom LOVES AND LEASHES Debuts at 5th on Global Netflix Non-English Film Chart

Love and Leashes (2022)The romantic comedy Love and Leashes, from Like for Likes (2016) director Park Hyunjin, the first Korean film to be financed and produced by Netflix, debuted on the global streaming platform on February 11.Starring Seohyun and Lee Junyou...

HONG Sangsoo’s YOURSELF AND YOURS Scores US Distribution

Hong Sangsoo’s 18th film Yourself and Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, has finally found a US distributor. The New York-based outfit Cinema Guild will launch the film digitally and on home video on June 5. The film sta...

JUNG Woo-sung Takes BaekSang Arts Grand Prize for INNOCENT WITNESS

The BaekSang Arts Awards, a long-standing show body that recognizes achievements in both the film and television fields, held their 55th edition on May 1 in Seoul. The night’s Grand Prize went to star JUNG Woo-sung for his role in the well-received legal drama...

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...

BURNING Takes Home Top Grand Bell Award

The 55th Grand Bell (Daejong) Film Awards took place in Seoul on the evening of October 22, where LEE Chang-dong’s latest critically acclaimed work Burning, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, was handed the Best Film Prize. This year’s...

Korean Quintet to Screen at BFI London Film Festival

The BFI London Film Festival will feature five Korean films in its program this year. LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING is joined by LEE Hae-young’s Believer, YIM Soon-rye’s Little Forest, SHIN Dong-seok’s Last Child and YOON Jong-bin’s The Spy Gone North at the UK fes...

Well Go to Release BELIEVER Stateside on June 8

LEE Hae-young’s fourth film Believer, the explosive remake of Johnny TO’s noir action Drug War, has booked itself a North American theatrical release through local distributor Well Go USA. The film will open in limited Stateside theaters on June 8. The Handmai...

CONTENTS PANDA Invade Cannes Market with THE GREAT BATTLE, BELIEVER

Korean sales outfit Contents Panda, which participated in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival over the past two years with Train to Busan (2016) and The Villainess (2017), have brought a diverse lineup to the Marché this year, led by LEE Hae-you...

Lotte Entertainment Announces 2018 Line-up

After selling 13 million tickets at the box office with the first installment of Along With the Gods, Lotte Entertainment announced their 2018 line-up. The most anticipated release is the sequel to Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds, Along With the Gods: The ...