Actors Kwon Yul & Han Sunhwa, Hosting the Closing Ceremony of the 27th BIFF

The 27th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held from October 5 (Wed) around Busan Cinema Center, has announced actors Kwon Yul and Han Sunhwa as hosts for its closing ceremony, which will take place on October 14 (Fri).올해 폐막식 사회자로 관객들과 마주할 배우 권율...

Inaugural Edition of Gangneung International Film Festival Opens

The inaugural edition of the Gangneung International Film Festival (GIFF) kicked off on the northeastern coast of South Korea on November 8. The new event, which is run by Festival Chairman KIM Dong-ho, a former chairman of the Busan International Film Festiva...

Seoul Eco Film Festival to Highlight Concerns over Air Pollution

The Seoul Eco Film Festival, which used to be known as the Green Film Festival in Seoul, held a press conference in Seoul on April 24 to announce its lineup. The event will stage its 15th edition from May 17 to 23 and this year’s opening film will be the Swiss...

Don LEE, GWON Yool and HAN Ye-ri Wrap CHAMPION

The arm wrestling drama Champion with Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), GWON Yooland HAN Ye-ri wrapped production on December 17th in the Nonhyeon neighborhood in Seoul. Production took around nine weeks on the film, which was directed by KIM Yong-wan and will be di...

CHAMPION Casts Don LEE, HAN Ye-ri and GWON Yool

Champion (translated title), the latest project from Warner Bros. Korea following The Age of Shadows (2016) and A Single Rider(2016), has completed its casting and started filming. “Champion began production on October 9th after confirming its main cast which ...

Don LEE Arms Up for CHAMPION

Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) is continuing a very busy year with yet another lead role as the star has been cast in the upcoming arm-wrestling drama Champion (working title). Co-starring will be HAN Ye-ri and GWON Yool. Handling the director’s reigns will be KIM...

LEE Joon-ik Wraps Colonial Resistance Drama PARK YEOL

Period expert LEE Joon-ik wrapped his new film PARK Yeol on February 17th, after completing a brief five-week shoot for the project on a prison set in Cheongpyeong, Gyeonggi-do Province. LEE Je-hoon leads the independence fighter drama. Other locations include...

GWON Yool, MIN Jin-woong and More Join PARK YEOL

LEE Joon-ik will begin shooting his new Japanese Occupation Era drama PARK Yeol this month and the cast is beginning to fill out beyond the already cast lead LEE Je-hoon. Joining them on set will be GWON Yool, MIN Jin-woong, CHOI Hee-seo and PAIK Soo-jang. The...

1st London East Asian Film Festival Opens with THE AGE OF SHADOWS

Following its soft launch last year with a weekend-long 0th edition, the London East Asian Film Festival held its first official edition this year, which ran from October 20th to 30th. Korean films made up a majority of the program, with some of the highlights...

HAN Ye-ri to Dupe Suitors as WORST WOMAN

New Film from Indie Director KIM Jong-kwan Haemoo star HAN Ye-ri has been tapped as the lead in Worst Woman, the new film from indie filmmaker KIM Jong-kwan. In it, she plays a woman who changes her personality and appearance every time she meets a new man, ...