Interview with Director Ryoo Seung-wan, Invited to the Midnight Screening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival for 'I, the Executioner' (Exclusive)

After nine years of anticipation, Detective Seo Do-chul makes his long-awaited return, debuting specifically at the Cannes Film Festival. I, the Executioner, the sequel toVeteran(produced by Filmmakers R & K and distributed by CJ ENM), has been invited to ...

Director of SMUGGLERS aims to balance freshness and familiarity

Director Ryoo Seung-wan's action thrillers are known for an inventive plot, colorful characters and daring action scenes, and his new film Smugglers has it all and ventures into new territory: female-centric narratives.Released Wednesday,Smugglersrevolves ...

Ryoo Seung-wan's SMUGGLERS invited to Locarno Film Festival

Director Ryoo Seung-wan's new crime action thriller Smugglers has been invited to the 76th Locarno Film Festival set to open in Switzerland next month, the festival's homepage showed Thursday.Smugglers was included in the main Piazza Grande lineup for ...

Director Ryoo Seung-wan returns with crime thriller fronted by women

Acclaimed director Ryoo Seung-wan, best known for films such as "Veteran" (2015) and "Escape from Mogadishu" (2021), will return after two years with the genre that he can do the best: a crime action thriller. Smugglersmarks his first film of t...

The 34th Palm Springs International Film Festival Invited 4 K-movies, Including Decision to Leave

On December 20 (local time), the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced a list of the 34th film festival schedule and screenings on its official website. Among them, a total of 4 Korean movies were invited, including Director Park Chanwook's De...

Escape from Mogadishu, Won the Best Film at the 42nd Fantasporto International Film Festival

Director Ryoo Seungwan's Escape from Mogadishu won the Best Film in the Asian Film Section at the 42nd Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal. At the festival, which closed on April 10 (local time), Escape from Mogadishu won the Best Orient Ex...

The 20th Florence Korea Film Fest, Open the Door with Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

Florence Korea Film Fest, which introduces Korean films throughout Europe and Italy, will be held from April 7 to 15 (local time). Marking its 20th anniversary this year, the festival will attract Italian and European audiences with its special programs.First,...

Lotte and Dexter Studios Forge NFT Partnership

Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)Lotte Cultureworks and Dexter Studios have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into a strategic partnership for the joint production and distribution of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) based on their intelle...

CONFESSION and LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL to Premiere in Competition at 36th Fribourg Film Festival

This year’s 36th Fribourg International Film Festival is set to host seven films from South Korea, including two world premieres in its international competition and an action blockbuster in its opening gala slot.Yoon Jongseok’s mystery-thriller Confession wit...

HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS and ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU to Bookend 20th Florence Korea Film Fest

Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2019)The Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 20th edition this spring, taking place between April 7 and 15. A total of 76 Korean films are scheduled to screen at this year’s edition, including 35 feature-length t...