Showbox, the Blueprint of Global Leap for Creator-centric New Business

On June 15, Showbox Media Day ‘FUN FOR TOMORROW’ was held at the Seoul Dragon City Hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Showbox CEO Kim Dosoo and MCG Chairman Koo Bonwoong attended the event and announced strategies for K-content production and distribution across bord...

RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Hae-jin Prepare for BATTLE

The period combat drama Battle (translated title) from director WON Shin-yun kicked off production on August 16. The Colonial Era film sees former A Taxi Driver (2017) co-stars RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Hae-jin share top billing. Set against the Battle of Bongodong...

MEMOIR OF A MURDERER Picks Up Prizes in Beaune and Brussels

Korean serial killer thriller MEMOIR OF A MURDERER from director WON Shin-Yeon has become a festival hit in Europe, where it recently picked up prizes from two events in April. The film was awarded the Jury Prize at the 10th International Thriller Film Festiva...

WOO Min-ho Set his Sights on SAIGON after THE DRUG KING

Inside Men (2015) director WOO Min-ho is looking into the Vietnam War for his next project, which will be called Saigon (literal title). The busy filmmaker is currently putting the final touch on his upcoming crime drama The Drug King, about to hit Korean scre...

Brussels Fantastic Film Festival to Screen 11 Works from Korea

ALONG WITH THE GODS and HOUSE OF THE DISAPPEARED to Compete in 36th BIFFF This year’s 36th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival will screen 11 Korean films when it kicks off on April 3 for its 13-day run. KIM Yong-hwa’s fantasy epic Along with the Go...

Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass

The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will...

BFI London Takes 4 from Korea

A quartet of Korean films will screen at next month’s BFI London Film Festival. Hong Sangsoo returns with On the Beach at Night Alone, one of his three titles this year, while Korea will also be represented by the Korean thriller MEMOIR OF A MURDERER and two d...

MASTER, MEMOIR and SHADOWS Book Dates in Japan

A trio of Korean thrillers, KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows (2016) CHO Ui-seok’s Master (2016) and WON Shin-yun’s MEMOIR OF A MURDERER, are all headed to Japanese theaters in the coming months. Both titles that feature LEE Byung-hun will be released in Novem...

Showbox Drives A TAXI DRIVER into Cannes Market

Following their election drama The Mayor with CHOI Min-shik, released at the end of last month, Korean investor and distributor Showbox is gearing up for another major political drama with A Taxi Driver, as well as horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and the s...

RYU Seung-ryong and JUNG Woo Join Cast of FIFTH COLUMN

SONG Kang-ho Leads New WON Shin-yun Action-Thriller Top actors RYU Seung-ryong and JUNG Woo have joined SONG Kang-ho in the upcoming action-thriller Fifth Column. Handling the directing reigns will be veteran WON Shin-yun. SONG will play KANG Jong-deok, a d...