THE BOOK OF FISH Sweeps Golden Cinematography Awards with 5 Prizes

Lee Joonik’s latest film The Book of Fish was the big winner at this year’s 41st Golden Cinematography Awards, an event staged annually by the Korean Society of Cinematographers. The black and white period drama earned the Best Picture Award as well as the Gol...

Kang Hyoungchul’s Superhero Film HIGH FIVE with Yoo Ahin Wraps Production

Ra Miran, Ahn Jehong, Lee Jaein and Kim Heewon Co-Star inHit filmmaker Kang Hyoungchul has completed production on his fifth film High Five (literal title), which wrapped up five months of production on November 7. The superhero saga stars Yoo Ahin, Ra Miran, ...

THE GOLDEN HOLIDAY Delays Release Amid New Wave COVID-19 Cases in Seoul

After months of steady increases at the box office as viewers returned to cinemas, several new clusters of COVID-19 cases have once more put distributors on alert. On Sunday, August 16, Showbox announced that it would be delaying the release of its crime-comed...

THE DIVINE MOVE 2: THE WRATHFUL Angles for November Release

The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful, a prequel to the JUNG Woo-sung hit The Divine Move (2014), is scheduled to open in early November. KWON Sang-woo takes the lead in the prequel, while KIM Hee-won, KIM Sung-kyun and HEO Sung-tae round out the rest of the main ca...

HA Ji-won, SUNG Dong-il and KIM Yun-jin Put up COLLATERAL

According to distributor CJ Entertainment, the upcoming Collateral (translated title) wrapped up production on July 31. The film stars HA Ji-won, in her first Korea screen role in three years, SUNG Dong-il and KIM Yun-jin. In the film,SUNG Dong-ilplays a debt ...

RYU Seung-ryong Begins Shoot for Comedy NOT THE LIPS

Following on from the smash success of Extreme Job, which became the second most successful Korean film of all time earlier this year, actor RYU Seung-ryong is back in front of cameras for the upcoming comedy Not the Lips (working title). RYU’s co-stars includ...

UM Tae-goo Weights in for DEMPSEY ROLL

Hyeri of Girl’s Day and KIM Hee-won Co-Star in Boxing Comedy-Drama Boxing comedy-drama Dempsey Roll (working title) kicked off production on April 25. Debut feature work of director JUNG Hyuk-ki, the project stars UM Tae-goo, KIM Hee-won and Girl’s Day member ...

CONTENTS PANDA Presents THE VANISHED at EFM

Thriller, comedies, horrors and indie dramas make up the sales lineup for CONTENTS PANDA in Berlin this year. Having recently sold its titles The Chase (2017), Steel Rain (2017) and Psychokinesis to Netflix, the busy distributor launched sales on an array of n...

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...

MARIONETTE Premieres at International Film Festival of India

Korean thriller Marionette is set to have its world premiere at the International Film Festival of India, Goa (IFFI) this month. From first time feature helmer LEE Han-wook, the film stars actress LEE Yoo-young and focuses on the problem of underage teenage vi...