AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept...

56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5

Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for B...

PARASITE Scores Record Debut on Hulu

The phenomenal theatrical, festival and awards run of BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE (2019) may have finally come to an end, yet the global success story is still finding new ways to break records after posting a scorching debut on US steaming platform Hulu. The film...

PARASITE Sweeps Hollywood Industry Guild Awards

As the awards season reaches its climax, BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed Palme d’Or winner Parasite has been stacking win after win at Hollywood’s major industry guild award ceremonies. The Korean smash hit earned the Best Ensemble Award from the Screen Actors Guild ...

Barack Obama Lists PARASITE among His Favorite Films of 2019

In a break from the stream of acclaim and accolades it has been receiving from critics and awards groups around the world, BONG Joon-ho’s smash hit Parasite has also been singled out for praise by a popular former head of state. Barack OBAMA, the two-term 44th...

PARASITE Crowned Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globes

BONG Joon-ho has made history by becoming the first Korean filmmaker to earn a prize at the Golden Globe Awards, which held their 77th ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 5. The acclaimed director received the Best Foreign Language Film Award for his ...

PARASITE Makes A Clean Sweep at Film Critics Awards Across North America

The end-of-year awards season is in full swing in America as a dozen film critics groups and several major industry events have started to reveal their nominations and awards. BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE, which is being distributed in North America by NEON, has fo...

PARASITE Cast Scores Rare Screen Actors Guild Best Ensemble Nomination

Hot on the heels of its historic three nominations at the Golden Globes, BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE has landed a prestigious nomination for Best Ensemble at the forthcoming 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, as well as a nod in the Best Film Editing - ...

PARASITE Earns 5 Prizes at Blue Dragon Film Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite was the big winner at the issue of this year’s 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards, where it picked up five prizes, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (JO Yeo-jeong), Best Supporting Actress (LEE Jung-eun) and Best Production Des...

BONG Joon-ho to Give BAFTA Lecture

Director BONG Joon-ho has been invited to take part in the 10th annual Screenwriters’ Lecture Series put on by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The Korean filmmaker will join other celebrated world cinema cineastes such as Pedro ALMÓDOVAR, ...