CHANG Wraps Sci-Fi FATAL COUNTDOWN: RESET

Korea-China Collaboration Produced by Jackie CHAN Director CHANG recently completed production on Fatal Countdown: Reset in Busan. A Korea-China co-production, the film is a science fiction tale of which executive producer is Jackie CHAN. After three months, ...

WITNESS Tops China Box Office

Chinese Viewers Get a Good Look at BLIND Remake The new Chinese thriller Witness, a remake of the 2011 Korean title Blind, topped the Chinese box office during its opening last week. Directed by the original’s filmmaker AHN Sang-hoon, Witness drew 3.78 millio...

Chinese Remake BLIND Wraps up Production

The KOFIC-funded Co-production Stars Top Chinese Casts           Following the success of Chinese remakes of Korean films such as A Wedding Invitation and 20 Once Again, film industries in both countries have recently shown interest in...

11 Korean Films Bound for NYAFF

Myung Films Sidebar in New York The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) revealed an eclectic lineup for its forthcoming 2015 edition late last week, which this year will feature 11 films from South Korea. A large chunk of that number will be devoted to past ...

Korean Thriller BLIND Gets Chinese Remake

Redo WIll Feature EXO Member Luhan The popular 2011 Korean thriller Blind (2011) is set to get a Chinese remake, tentatively called I Am a Witness. The film will star Luhan, a former member of the Korean-Chinese pop group EXO, who also featured in this year’s...

Not ‘Movies’ but ‘Yeonghwa’

Korean Cinema showcased at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art(MoMA), a world-renowned establishment for modern art, will screen 12 Korean films. The title of the event is ‘Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today’ and it will begin on the 19th September until the 30th at the ...

Finecut seals further AFM deals for Leafie and others

Seoul-based film sales company Finecut has announced a raft of further deals from the recently wrapped American Film Market (AFM) including more for <Leafie>, the watershed hit animation in Korea. The film sold to Ascot Elite for German-speaking territo...

PiFan closes with Blind premiere, Rubber takes top prize

The 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) held its closing awards ceremony Friday, July 22 with Korean thriller <Blind> making a world premiere as the festival’s Closing Film. The Best of Puchon Award with KW15m went to the French fi...

The 15th PiFan opens tonight with star-studded red carpet

Asia’s largest genre film fest, the 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) opens tonight with a star-studded red carpet and a screening of the documentary Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. Several acting awards will be given out...