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- Minority Revolt
- Taiwan’s decision to legalize same sex marriage this May shows the surging recognition of LGBT human rights happening across Asia. The Korean film scene also seems to be experiencing a shift with recent, well received releases of LGBT related stories. Acclaimed films such as the Jeonju International...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Jun 19, 2017
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- Resurrecting the Imaginative World of Text and Images on Screen
- The desire to see the strong narrative of an outstanding novel be brought to life on film with images and sound is natural. Accordingly, two films based on a novel, and another one on a webtoon, are scheduled for release during the second-half of this year, and are attracting attention from a number...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jun 13, 2017
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- The Audience Yearning For The Truth
- Korea has recently seen an uptick in political, socially critical documentaries gaining theatrical releases. In Seven Years – Journalism without Journalist, Kim Jin-hyuk, tracks the struggles of several journalists that have been laid off for political reasons. In, The Plan, KIM Eo-jun, head of lead...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Jun 05, 2017
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- Korean Filmmaking Feted at Cannes Film Festival
- As the dust settled on the red carpet of the Palais des Lumieres on Sunday evening, Korean filmmakers may have come away empty-handed from the awards ceremony of this year’s 70th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, but it was nonetheless an eventful year for Korean films on the Croisette, with ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 30, 2017
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- From Ruins of War to Film Location for Blockbusters
- It came as a big surprise to have The Avengers : Age of Ultron and Black Panther film in Seoul and Busan, but in fact, Korean location for foreign films is not such rarity. To our surprise, Korean location for foreign films dates back to as early as the 1950s. When Korea was not acknowledged as Kore...
- by SONG Soon-jin / May 23, 2017
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- What Took You So Long?
- It seems like a coincidence that a number of Korean filmmakers whose last films were released more than a decade ago are coming back all at once. The previous film of Fabricated City’s PARK Kwang-hyun was the 2005 Welcome To Dongmakgol, Bluebeard’s LEE Soo-yeon was the 2003 The Uninvited, and direct...
- by CHO Meanjune / May 16, 2017
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- The Varied Sounds of Korean Cinema
- Among the most readily acknowledged merits of Korean cinema are its stylistic capabilities which, in the last 20 years, have steadily caught up with those of global leaders such as Hollywood. The best Korean films often feature a combination of top-class below-the-line talent, from cinematographers ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2017
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- Good Things Come in Small Packages
- April is when all different kinds of film festivals in Korea start the film festival circuit. Around 100 small and large film festivals including the 25 festivals between April to June offer their programs to the public. Actually it’s been a while since film festivals have been established as key cu...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Apr 24, 2017
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- Korean Cinema Takes Over the Alps
- Long a bastion of Korean cinema in Central Europe, the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) took place between March 30th and April 9th this year, celebrating a 31st edition which featured a bumper crop from Korea. 10 Korean films made it into the carefully curated lineup, without the help of...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 18, 2017
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- Korean Film Noir Storms in Japan
- Three Korean films that recently released in Japan’s theaters are attracting considerable attention among the local audience. These films are Asura : The City of Madness (March 4th), The Handmaiden (March 8th) and THE WAILING (March 11th) in the order of local release dates. These films never had th...
- by CHO Meanjune / Apr 10, 2017
