SUL Kyung-gu and YU Jun-sang Team Up for BOYS

Following on the heels of the hit thriller Black Money (2019), veteran director CHUNG Ji-young is about to return to the set for what will be his 17th feature film. Boys (translated title), which is based on a true story, will be headlined by SUL Kyung-gu and ...

SAKAMOTO Ryuichi to Receive Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award in Busan

BIFF Actor & Actress of the Year Award Jury to Feature KO Hyun-jung and YU Jun-sang The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will return for its 23rd edition this October and the festival recently announced that famous Japanese composer SAKAMOTO Ryuich...

Jecheon Loads Up 12th Edition

Program Boasts 105 Films from 36 Countries Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) is gearing up to return for its 12th edition next month. The hybrid event, which screens music-themed films and puts on concerts and events combining film and ...

Yubari Fantastic Fest Books 8 from Korea

Competition Slot for IT’S REALLY KIND OF YOU Japan’s top genre cinema event, the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, returns for its 26th edition next month on the 25th, and with it, eight new Korean films, among them a trio of features and five sho...

Golden Horse to Host Korean Triumvirate

HONG Sang-soo, KAFA and COLLECTIVE INVENTION to Screen in Taipei The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has set the program for its 52nd edition, which will include a trio of Korean films and kick off this Thursday (November 5th). Spread out among different se...

Korean Brace Set for Tokyo IFF

HONG Sang-soo Brings Latest Feature to Japan The Tokyo International Film Festival is gearing up for its 28th edition, which kicks off on October 22nd, and this year’s programming will include a brace of Korean films. HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then and...

CHA Seung-won Period Film Begins Production

KANG Woo-suk’s Embarks on 20th Film with GOSANJA Period film Gosanja: The Great Map of the East Land (literal title) began production on August 17th with star CHA Seung-won in the lead and veteran director KANG Woo-suk at the helm. Based on PARK Bum-shin’s 2...

Latest HONG Sang-soo Tapped for NYFF Main Slate

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN Heads to New York The New York Film Festival (NYFF) has invited HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then to its upcoming 53rd edition as part of its 26-film main slate. This marks the eighth time that the auteur has had a film invited to NY...

HONG Sang-soo Wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN’s JUNG Jae-young Deemed Best Actor HONG Sangsoo’s 17th film Right Now, Wrong Then has earned him the Golden Leopard at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival two years after his feature Our Sunhi won the Best Director prize (Silver...

Toronto Nabs Korean Veterans and Genre Newcomer

HONG Sangsoo, RYOO Seung-wan and KWON Oh-kwang Headed to TIFF A trio of Korean films, representing very different sides of the industry, were announced this week as part of the second wave of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Screening in...