SUL Kyung-gu and PARK Hae-soo Team Up for DEMON

Veteran star SUL Kyung-gu and new kid on the block PARK Hae-soo are teaming up for the upcoming film Demon (translated title). The spy action film will be the sophomore work of The Prison (2017) director NA Hyun and will be distributed by Showbox. Kang-in (SUL...

PARK Hae-soo Mulls Role Opposite SUL Kyung-gu in YACHA

Rising star PARK Hae-soo is considering joining veteran star SUL Kyung-gu in the upcoming thriller Yacha (Korean title), according to his agency BH Entertainemnt. The film will mark the sophomore feature of director NA Hyeon. The story concerns a covert Korean...

THE PRISON and MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. MO Awarded in Saipan

Korea was a major presence at the recent awards ceremony for the 1st Marianas International Film Festival held in Saipan, commonwealth of the United States in the Pacific Islands, on December 8th. The Prison director NA Hyun earned the Best New Director Prize ...

19th Far East Film Festival Invites 14 from Korea

The 19th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival returns in Italy from April 21st this year. As usual a broad selection of titles from Korea will be screened for local audiences with a total of 14 Korean films featuring in the program until the festival’s ...

BIFFF Welcomes 11 from Korea

PARK Chan-wook Honored in Brussels Fantastic Fest On the 4th of April, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival will return for its 35th edition, screening 170 films, including 118 features, from 39 countries until it closes on the 16th. It’ll be a b...

Showbox Strikes More Deals for THE PRISON

Showbox announced more sales for its crime drama The Prison during the Hong Kong Filmart this month. The NA Hyun-directed film, which opens in Korea on March 23rd, found buyers in Asia, Africa and Europe. Klockworx snatched up the film for Japan, Swift Product...

THE PRISON Locks Up Sales for Showbox

Going into the European Film Market, Showbox has sealed several deals on its upcoming thriller The Prison. The debut film by NA Hyun stars KIM Rae-won as an ex-cop who winds up in jail only to find that an inmate played by HAN Suk-kyu runs a major crime syndic...

VANISHING TIME Flies off the Shelf at AFM

Top star GANG Dong-won’s new film VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED scored strong sales for Korean film distributor Showbox during the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California which took place earlier this month. The commercial feature debut of UM Tae...

HAN Suk-kyu and KIM Rae-won Go to THE PRISON

Directing Debut for Writer NA Hyun HAN Suk-kyu will return to screens this year along with KIM Rae-won in the crime film The Prison. The thriller marks the directing debut of NA Hyun, a veteran scriptwriter in the Korean film industry. KIM plays a detective w...