BEAUTY WATER and OK! MADAM Invited to Neuchatel

Korean Films on Show in Swiss Genre FestThe animation Beauty Water (2020) and the sky-high action-comedy OK! MADAM (2020) have been invited to screen at this year’s Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Switzerland. Both films are part of ...

Far East Film Festival Stages Yoon Jongbin Retrospective

Korean Films on Show as Udine Prepares Hybrid EventFollowing last year’s online event, the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine is returning with a hybrid online/offline event later this month. This year’s 23rd edition will feature 11 Korean films, including...

OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival

FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-com...

BIFAN Kicks Off 23rd Edition with Star-Studded Ceremony

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN - Festival Director SHIN Chul) kicked off its 23rd edition last Thursday, June 27 with a lavish ceremony at the Bucheon Gymnasium. Prior to the show, which was hosted by actors KIM Da-hyun and YOO Da-in,...

PARK Sung-woong and BAE Jeong-nam Join OK Madam

Actors PARK Sung-woong and BAE Jeong-nam have joined previously announced UHM Jeong-hwa in the upcoming action-comedy OK Madam (literal title). The film is from first-time director SHIN Hyun-sung. OK Madam is about a woman who runs a traditional donut shop who...

UHM Jeong-hwa Eyes Big Screen Comeback as OK MADAM

UHM Jeong-hwa looks set to return to the big screen after a four-year absence through the upcoming project OK Madam (literal translation). The star’s last film outing was KANG Hyo-jin’s 2015 family comedy Wonderful Nightmare. UHM’s representatives have stated ...

LEE Sung-min and YU Jae-myeong Go Head-to-Head in Search of BEAST

LEE Sung-min and YU Jae-myeong have signed on to star in Beast (working title), a new project that will be financed and distributed by Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.). Handling the directing reins will be LEE Jeong-ho. The film will tell the story of two det...

Bollywood Adaptation of ODE TO MY FATHER Started Shooting in July

The Bollywood adaptation of JK YOUN’s nostalgic drama Ode to My Father (2014) has started shooting in July. The title of this Indian version, Bharat, is a Hindi word that means ‘India.’ Ode to My Father is the third most-watched Korean film in Korea, having at...

CHO Jin-woong Takes on COMMANDER KIM CHANG-SOO

CHO Jin-woong has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming period thriller Commander Kim Chang-soo, in which he will play the titular Korean independence fighter during the Japanese Colonial period. Heartthrob SONG Seung-heon will play opposite him, taking ...

M-Line Adds to Slate, Locks Deal on WONDERFUL NIGHTMARE

Korean Distrib Picks Up Poet Bio DONGJU, Animation KAI Korean foreign sales agent M-Line Distribution has added a pair of new titles to its slate from directors LEE Joon-ik and LEE Sung-gang. At the same time, the outfit locked a Japanese distribution deal fo...